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Article: A `long way home' for the truth about Vietnam veterans: for two Vietnam veteran film producers, the quest to convey the facts about vets of that war has become their personal crusade. But those in the "mainstream" media are determined to perpetuate the negative stereotypes.(award-winning documentary television series deals with the Vietnam War)
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- VFW Magazine
- Article date:
- March 1, 2003
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Shortly after receiving a prestigious international award last year for producing a documentary television series, three Colorado-based filmmakers thought that our nation was finally ready to hear their message about the Vietnam War and its veterans.
"For too long, America has been given a distorted view about Vietnam" says director Calvin Crane, whose four-part series, The Long Way Home Project, takes particular aim against negative misconceptions about Vietnam veterans. "We wanted to cut through the myth and the fantasy, and tell the truth after all these years."
Winning the highest award for a documentary television series at the 2002 Houston ...