Disobeying Orders: G.I. Resistance to the Vietnam War
The film explores the antiwar movement within the armed forces during the Vietnam War, highlighting the ethical conflict between following orders and moral conviction.
Genre :
Documentary
"Disobeying Orders: GI Resistance to the Vietnam War" tells the story of Vietnam Veterans who came home from the war committed anti-war activists. Interviews with Black and white veterans, including a Navy nurse who was court-martialed for her opposition to the war, are woven with archival images and music to bring this little known history to the fore.
Directors :
Pam Sporn
Additional Credits :
Production Company: Grito Productions , Director, Writer, and Editor: Pam Sporn , Narrator: Angela Rose , Camera: Eric Mortensen, Rebecca Runz, Pam Sporn, and Ben Uribe , Sound: Robert Guzman, Robert Jones, Dave Minkowski, and Rebecca Runz , Electronic Graphics: David Murdock , Archival Photos and Footage: Dave Cline, Indochina Curriculum Group, Mark Jury, The Militant/Liberation New Service, Susan Schnall, Vernon Shibla, National Archives and Records Administration, and Vietnam Veterans Against the War, Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives, NYU , Music: Tom Phillipps/OBT Music , Sound Effects: Pond 5
Production Company: Grito Productions , Director, Writer, and Editor: Pam Sporn , Narrator: Angela Rose , Camera: Eric Mortensen, Rebecca Runz, Pam Sporn, and Ben Uribe , Sound: Robert Guzman, Robert Jones, Dave Minkowski, and Rebecca Runz , Electronic Graphics: David Murdock , Archival Photos and Footage: Dave Cline, Indochina Curriculum Group, Mark Jury, The Militant/Liberation New Service, Susan Schnall, Vernon Shibla, National Archives and Records Administration, and Vietnam Veterans Against the War, Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives, NYU , Music: Tom Phillipps/OBT Music , Sound Effects: Pond 5
Producers Credits :
Pam Sporn
Pam Sporn
Available Format :
DCP ,
Apple ProRes ,
MP4 ,
DVD
Markets :
Documentary
Year Released : 1990
Running Time :
28 min
Color : Color
Country : United States
Original Language : English
Translation available in : English subtitles
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Voices of Impact: Our Community Speaks
“A lot of us wasn’t talking about Vietnam. Nobody was asking us what our experience was. But then all of a sudden the young people asked us. And we shared with them and we shared with them because we didn’t want them to go through the same things that we went through.”
Clarence Fitch, Vietnam Veterans Against the War (VVAW)
Trailer and More
Press PacketVisual Journey: Scenes from Disobeying Orders: G.I. Resistance to the Vietnam War
Explore a gallery of images from "Disobeying Orders: G.I. Resistance to the Vietnam War," offering a visual feast that captures the essence of its story.
Awards
Bronze Apple, National Educational Film & Video Festival, 1990
Screenings
Bronx Film Week, 2026
NYC Veterans For Peace, 2026
