Waubonsee Community College

The last ghost of war, produced by Janet Gardner and Pha?, Thái Qu?c, Directed by Janet Gardner

eng

videorecording

For College; Adult audiences

The last ghost of war

electronic resource

794307682

produced by Janet Gardner and Pha?, Thái Qu?c, Directed by Janet Gardner

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Criminal justice and public safety in video

At Tu Du Hospital in Saigon, the painful aftermath of the Vietnam War is all too evident. Babies in a special unit have enlarged heads or are missing limbs. Pham Thi Thu Linh, born without arms, writes with her feet. A boy with a shrunken leg careens around the corridor in a wheelchair. Thirty years after the end of the Vietnam War they are among several millions diagnosed by the Vietnamese as victims of Agent Orange. In The Last Ghost of War, we meet several who are plaintiffs in a class action suit against 32 US chemical companies. Attorneys, activists, scientists, and a military historian take us to a new battlefield. These Vietnamese victims are seeking compensation and justice. The question is were these dioxin-laden herbicides chemical weapons? And if so, who should be held accountable in the wake of what was allegedly the largest chemical warfare operation in history? Funding provided by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, with a grant from the New Jersey Council for the Humanities A presentation of the Center for Asian American Media With educational and public performance rights

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