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Vietnam War Conversations on Connections

Thu 24 August 2017
11:30 AM - 2:00 PM
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_Vietnam War Conversations_ on Connections is a two hour special at the Little Theatre. It will be produced with a live audience on Thursday, August 24. YOU CAN BE PART OF THE STUDIO AUDIENCE! The event is free and open to the public. Please REGISTER to tell us that you are coming. Please arrive at the theatre by 11:30am to  find a seat and get audience directions before we go live! The two-hour special is part of WXXI's _Vietnam War _outreach to delve into the history of the VIETNAM WAR IN ANTICIPATION OF THE SEPTEMBER AIRING OF THE NEW PBS VIETNAM WAR SERIES BY KEN BURNS AND LYNNE NOVICK BEGINNING SEPTEMBER 17 ON WXXI-TV GUESTS INCLUDE:  In the first hour – John White (U.S. Marine Corps veteran); Henrietta and Max Levine (anti-war activists); Alan Levin (better known as “Brother Wease,” a U.S. Army veteran), and in the second hour – Ginny Nguyen (Rochesterian and VIETNAMESE COMMUNITY VICE PRESIDENT) and Loan Nguyen (wife of Special Force Lieutenant Colonel Doi Nguyen and mother of Ginny Nguyen). _Connections_ airs on AM 1370, WRUR-FM 88.5, WEOS-FM 89.5 and streamed on WXXINews.org. Local support provided by: Funding Credits: Funding for THE VIETNAM WAR IS PROVIDED BY BANK OF AMERICA; Corporation for Public Broadcasting; PBS; David H. Koch; The Blavatnik Family Foundation; Park Foundation; The Arthur Vining Davis Foundations; The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation; The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation; National Endowment for the Humanities; The Pew Charitable Trusts; Ford Foundation Just Films; Rockefeller Brothers Fund; and Members of The Better Angels Society: Jonathan & Jeannie Lavine, Diane & Hal Brierley, Amy & David Abrams, John & Catherine Debs, Fullerton Family Charitable Fund, The Montrone Family, Lynda & Stewart Resnick, The Golkin Family Foundation, The Lynch Foundation, The Roger & Rosemary Enrico Foundation, Richard S. & Donna L. Strong Foundation, Bonnie & Tom McCloskey, Barbara K. & Cyrus B. Sweet III, The Lavender Butterfly Fund.  Production Credits: THE VIETNAM WAR is a production of Florentine Films and WETA, Washington, DC. Directed by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick. Written by Geoffrey C. Ward. Produced by Sarah Botstein, Lynn Novick and Ken Burns. Save Save Save Save
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