Toexpandon“TheVietnamWar”byKenBurnsandLynnNovick,TwinCitiesPBS
launchedMinnesotaRemembersVietnam,amultimediainitiativedesignedtoinspireMinnesotanstoremember,honorandunderstandtheexperienceof50yearsago.
ForacompletelistofVietnamWardocumentaries,resources&educatortools,pleaseexplore
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The story wall website | AninteractivecollectionofhundredsofpersonalmemoriesabouttheVietnamWarincludingvideo,art&photossharedbyMinnesotansacrossthestate.
America’s secret war | IntheshadowsoftheVietnamWar,theCIAorganizedasecretwarinneighboringLaostopreventcommunismfromspreadingdeeperintoSoutheastAsia.Hmongelderssharestoriesaboutfightingandharrowingescapesinthis1-hourdocumentary.The telling project | FiveMinnesotaVietnamWarveteransandfamilymembersshapetheirexperiencesintoapowerfulstageperformancewiththehelpofTheTellingProject.history day Minnesota | InsupportofHistoryDaystudentsmakingadocumentary,TPThasproducedthis8-minutevideofilledwithtipsfromfellowfilmmakers.
We gotta get out of this place concert | ThiscelebrationofthesoundtrackoftheVietnamWarfeaturesanall-starcoverbandandpersonalstoriesaboutthemusic’ssignificance.
Perspectives | Inthisfilm,MNVietnamveterans&familyofferdiverseperspectiveontheirserviceduringoneofthemostunsettlingchaptersinAmericanhistory.AirsMemorialDayessential shorts | Theseanimateddigitalshortsofferhistoricalcontextonthemotivationsandmilestonesthatdefinedtheera. Going to war | KarlMarlantes&SebastianJungerexploretheuniversalexperiencesofsoldiersgoingtowarandwhattheyfacewhentheycomehome.AirsMemorialDay
The People’s protectors | AlookattheuniqueandcomplexexperiencesofMinnesota’sNativeAmericanVietnamveterans.AirsFall2018 Community engagement| VisitTheWallThatHealsJune21-242018attheMNStateCapitol;AttendourVietnamWar360communitydiscussionsatMELSALibrariesthisspring;AndlearnaboutpartnershipswithMCSS,HistoryDay,theMNHumanitiesCenter&manyothers.
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Out north: mnlgbtq history |AnexplorationoftheuntoldpastofMinnesota'slesbian,gay,bisexual,transgenderandqueercommunityandcelebratesthestridesthestatehasmadesincethegayliberationmovementbeganinthe1970s.North star: Minnesota’s black pioneers | TwelvestoriesofmenandwomenwhocametoMinnesotaunderdifferentcircumstancestomakeahomeandadifference. North star: civ il war stories|FourstoriesbringtolightthehiddenhistoriesofAfricanAmericanMinnesotansduringandaftertheCivilWar.TheseunsungheroesmadeuniquecontributionstotheUnionandtheirnewstate,butthedetailsandrecordsoftheirinvolvementstillchallengehistorians.Minnesota and the civil war showcase |Tocommemoratethe150thanniversary,thisseriesofshortfilmsexploreimportantMinnesotaepisodesintheAmericanCivilWar.
dakota exile |Beginningin1862,thefederalandstategovernmentbegantodrivetheDakotapeoplefromMinnesota.Dakotaelders&tribalhistorianssharethisstoryoftheirexile.First speakers: restoring the ojibwe language |Alanguageislosteveryfourteendays.OneofthoseendangeredtonguesisMinnesota’sownOjibwelanguage.The past is alive within us: the u.s.-dakota conflict |AlookatoneofthemostdifficultchaptersofMinnesota’shistory:MN’sinvolvementintheDakotaWarastheCivilWarwassimultaneouslyraging.Asian flavors |Food,tradition,andculturemakeahome.AsianFlavorsistheMinnesotastoryofcomingtogetheraroundtheAsiandinnertable.Cornerstones: a history of north Minneapolis |Thishour-longjourneyexploresthehistoryofMinnesota'sleastunderstoodneighborhood.Theseplace-basedstoriesrevealcommon-groundexperiencesforvariousculturesoverthelastcentury.Parks for the people |ThesurprisingstoryoftheoriginsandevolutionoftheparksystemsoftheTwinCitiesandtheregion.
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