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F.T.A.

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In 1971, at the height of the Vietnam War, Jane Fonda and Donald Sutherland toured an anti-war comedy show across Southeast Asia. Despite being highly controversial, it was a huge success among stationed soldiers.
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Steve Davis Austin Chronicle 03/11/2021
3/5
While the cabaret performances are the documentary's draw, the movie comes most alive in the interspersed interviews with servicemen and women willing to speak their minds. Go to Full Review Roger Greenspun New York Times 05/09/2005
For all its agility and pressing close-ups, the film doesn't capture that spirit-or even adequately show the kind of experience that might have let it grow. Go to Full Review Shayna Maci Warner The Film Stage 02/08/2022
There could not be a more perfect time to bring this film out of its enforced, premature retirement. Go to Full Review Nadine Smith Nashville Scene 09/09/2021
F.T.A. is most powerful when it pulls out to look at the empire the United States has carved out in the Pacific Rim. Go to Full Review B.L. Panther The Spool 07/06/2021
The film presents a bold, lively, and growing anti-war movement from within the military itself that is decidedly working class. Go to Full Review Armond White National Review 06/02/2021
FTA premiered the same week as Fonda's Hanoi stunt, was quickly yanked from theaters, and went undistributed since. That might have saved Fonda's career, which otherwise would have been overwhelmed by this film's undeniable hatefulness. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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02/18/2020 As a girl who had a brother in Vietnam, this was a very important film for me. I commend Jane and Donald and Co for there efforts and beliefs, the film made me smile See more 02/18/2020 This documentary should be in all schools and libraries and streaming on the www! Historical truth is more important than ever and this film gives it to you with depth and eloquence, and while highly entertaining what you come away with goes way beyond that - a sense of country, a sense of we vs me - it is also radical for its time in dealing openly with racism and feminism, -with a diverse cast! A must see! See more 02/18/2020 History never seen before . A must See more 02/17/2020 Powerful & insightful. Heartbreaking & real. See more 02/17/2020 Jane Fonda showed up!!!!!!!!! See more 02/16/2020 An, until now, important missing part of the anti-Vietnam movement story. This documentary puts on film for the first time the efforts of a touring group of performers taking their message directly to the American soldiers and capturing the growing descent amongst those men AND women serving here and overseas. This film was suppressed by the Nixon administration fearing the general American learning of the futility of that war first hand from the soldiers fighting it. See more Read all reviews
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Francine Parker

Director

Jane Fonda

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Donald Sutherland

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Len Chandler

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Michael Alaimo

Writer

Jane Fonda

Producer

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Synopsis In 1971, at the height of the Vietnam War, Jane Fonda and Donald Sutherland toured an anti-war comedy show across Southeast Asia. Despite being highly controversial, it was a huge success among stationed soldiers.
Director
Francine Parker
Producer
Jane Fonda, Francine Parker, Donald Sutherland
Screenwriter
Michael Alaimo
Production Co
Duque Films, Indochina Peace Committee (IPC) Films, Free Theater Associates
Genre
Documentary
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Jul 21, 1972, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Jan 3, 2017
Runtime
1h 37m
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