1968: The Year That Rocked Our World (Trauma)

April 30, 2008 / Add comment

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Through the eyes of those that were there for the important year of 1968, Dwyer, Smith, and Warren chronicle the more traumatic events of the era. At the time, the award-winning filmmaker Oliver Stone was a young man struggling to survive in Vietnam. He and two other veterans reflect on the darkest moments of the war and their struggles returning home. Other interviewees recall the devastating assassinations of Robert Kennedy and Martin Luther King Jr., whose losses left indelible marks on the lives of the young bride, the labor activist, the young black college student, and the photographer that shared their stories. Though short on content, the piece's unique form holds reader interest throughout.