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CHARLES COLEMAN
Film Programmer for Facets Cinémathèque

Read his feature in the Chicago Reader

January 2009

The Facets Cinémathèque is located at 1517 W. Fullerton Ave. in Chicago. For more information on films playing in the Cinémathèque, please call 773-281-4114. To order advance tickets online, visit the TicketWeb website by clicking here.


Chicago Premiere
with producer Peter Almond

VIRTUAL JFK
(Vietnam If Kennedy Had Lived)

Virtual JFK is a fascinating investigation of one of the most debated "what if" scenarios in the history of U.S. foreign policy: What would President John F. Kennedy have done in Vietnam if he had not been assassinated in 1963, and had he been re-elected in 1964? Using an array of resources, the film employs what Harvard historian Niall Ferguson calls "virtual history," assessing the plausibility of counterfactuals, "what ifs" and the outcomes they might have produced. First-time filmmaker Koji Masutani and Brown University professor James G. Blight ask: "Can a president make a decisive difference in matters of war and peace. or, are the forces that drive a nation into war a lot more impersonal, out of the control of any single human being, even a president?" In 1963 the US had 16,000 military advisors in Vietnam. In 1968, Johnson had 500,000 troops there. The film examines Kennedy's decision-making patterns, like his responses to such Cold War events as Bay of Pigs and East Berlin. Studying Kennedy's term of presidency is not merely an academic exercise; it serves as a case study of the broader issue about presidents and their decisions regarding war and peace. Directed by Koji Masutani, U.S.A., 2008, BetaSP, 82 mins.

Cinechat: Producer Peter Almond will be here for a Q&A after the 7 & 9 pm screenings on Friday, January 9.

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Showtimes:
Fri., Jan. 9 at 7 & 9 pm
Sat.-Sun., Jan. 10-11 at 3, 5, 7 & 9 pm
Mon.-Thurs., Jan. 12-15 at 7 & 9 pm



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