Sir! No Sir! (2006)

Sir! No Sir! is the first film to retell the tale of resistance to the Vietnam war within the military. Like the Vietnam War itself, the GI antiwar movement started small and within a few years had exploded into a force that altered history. Like the times from which it grew, the movement involved organized actions and spontaneous resistance, political groups and cultural upheaval. Today, at a time when American troops are again fighting a protracted, questionable war, this military insurgency is all but eliminated from collective memory. SIR! NO SIR! includes archival news footage that features Vietnam veterans hurling their medals onto the Capitol steps; refusal by troops to engage in combat at Firebase Pace; and never-before-seen Super-8 and 16mm film footage of events in the GI movement shot by GIs and civilian activists. Rounding out the film are interviews with soldiers imprisoned for refusing to fight, Vietnam veterans who became antiwar activists or joined the over 500,000 soldiers who the Pentagon listed as deserters during the war, the leader of the Presidio 27 mutiny, and numerous civilian individuals involved in the struggle (including Jane Fonda). Also featured are images from FTA, the feature-length film about Jane Fonda and Donald Sutherland's antiwar stage review that traveled to military bases around the world; and an audio recording made by Richard Boyle, journalist and author of ¿The Flower of the Dragon.¿