On this edition of Your Call, we discuss The Movement and the “Madman,” a new PBS documentary that shows how two antiwar protests in the fall of 1969 — the largest the country had ever seen — caused President Nixon to cancel what he called his “madman” plans for a massive escalation of the U.S. war in Vietnam, including threats to use nuclear weapons.
The filmmakers say at the time, protestors had no idea what they had prevented or how many lives they had saved.
The Movement and the "Madman" airs tonight on PBS.
Guests:
Steve Talbot, Emmy and Peabody award winning director and producer of The Movement and The "Madman"
Stephanie Mechura, editor of The Movement and The "Madman"
Robert Levering, executive producer of The Movement and The "Madman" and former staff organizer with the Moratorium to End the War in Vietnam
Web Resources:
PBS: The Movement and the "Madman"
San Francisco Chronicle: San Francisco filmmaker goes back to roots as Vietnam War protester in PBS documentary
Waging Non-violence: This film tells the little-known story of the Vietnam protests that gave peace a chance
