Translation of Oliver Stone's Untold History of the United States - #7 Johnson, Nixon & Vietnam: Reversal of Fortune

Translation - Oliver Stone and American University historian Peter J. Kuznick, began working on the project in 2008. Stone, Kuznick and British screenwriter Matt Graham co-wrote the script.[5] This 2012 documentary mini-series for Showtime covers "the reasons behind the Cold War with the Soviet Union, U.S. President Harry Truman's decision to drop the atomic bomb on Japan, and changes in America's global role since the fall of Communism." Oliver Stone is the director and narrator of all ten episodes. The series is a re-examination of some of the under-reported and darkest parts of American modern history using little known documents and newly uncovered archival material.

When
Aug 16th, 2016 4:00 pm
Location
Sala Quetzal
La Biblioteca Publica, Rejoj 50A, Centro
San Miguel de Allende, GUA 37700
Mexico
Events
Blurb Film
Co-sponsor
Speakers Discussion with Peter Weisberg
Fee 60 Pesos

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