New documentary features the suppressed history of GI resistance to the Vietnam War

The film, “Sir, No Sir!” which opens this week at the IFC Center in New York, April 19-25th, is being promoted by anti-war historians. One circulating email asks New Yorkers to come out in great numbers to see the film so that theater owners in the heartland will be encouraged to book it.

Jerry Lembcke writes:

This new documentary about the Vietnam-era GI anti-war movement deserves support. It's already gotten good reviews (e.g."Variety") and won prizes for"best" at the LA Film Festival, Hamptons, and others.

Last Sunday it got both thumbs up from Ebert and Roeper. It opens this coming Monday (April 17) in NYC with an appearance from Fonda who is in the film both as an historical figure and commentator on the importance of the GI movement, then and now.

It's a nifty film with some momentum but it will need all the help it can get to reach the heartland.