AsiaLENS - “Jimmy In Saigon” (Screening + Discussion w/ Filmmaker)
- Event Type
- Film Screening
- Sponsor
- CEAPS; Spurlock Museum of World Cultures
- Location
- Spurlock Museum Knight Auditorium (600 S Gregory St, Urbana, IL 61801)
- Date
- Oct 11, 2022 7:00 - 9:00 pm
- Contact
- Jason Finkelman
- finkelma@illinois.edu
- Views
- 32
- Originating Calendar
- Campus Humanities Calendar
Jimmy in Saigon is a feature documentary by Los Angeles-based filmmaker Peter McDowell and executive producer Dan Savage. Originally from Illinois, Peter chronicles the story of Jim, his eldest brother, and a Vietnam War veteran. In 1972, when Jim was 24 and Peter was only 5, Jim died under mysterious circumstances while living as a civilian in Saigon.
