The War at Home
It started in Vietnam...and exploded in the streets of America.
1979 · 1h 40m · Not Rated Documentary, War
Overview
Documentary film about the anti-war movement in the Madison, Wisconsin area during the time of the Vietnam War. It combines archival footage and interviews with participants that explore the events of the period on the University of Wisconsin–Madison campus.
Director and cast
- Spiro Agnew as Self (archive footage)
- Dwight D. Eisenhower as Self (archive footage)
- Hubert H. Humphrey as Self (archive footage)
- Lyndon B. Johnson as Self (archive footage)
- Gerald Ford as Self (archive footage)
- John F. Kennedy as Self (archive footage)
- Ted Kennedy as Self (archive footage)
- Martin Luther King Jr. as Self (archive footage)
- Henry Kissinger as Self (archive footage)
- Robert McNamara as Self (archive footage)
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