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Binding: VHS Tape EAN: 9786303937632 Format: Black & White, NTSC ISBN: 6303937632 Label: Fox Lorber Manufacturer: Fox Lorber Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: Fox Lorber Release Date: October 13, 1997 Running Time: 72 minutes Studio: Fox Lorber Theatrical Release Date: 1994 Sales Rank: 54897 Related Items:
Editorial Review: Description: A look at the experiences of nine gay and lesbian veterans, who volunteered to fight for the country only to be later persecuted, rounded up in witch-hunts and labeled as undesirable. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - How far we haven't come"Coming Out Under Fire", a short but reflective documentary based on a book of the same name by the late Allan Berube, gives heed to what is still one of the most egregious governmental policies in existence today....."Don't Ask, Don't Tell". The film, where surviving members of the military discuss their service during the Second World War, is at times empathetic but often maddening. The final exchange between Senator John Warner and Colonel Margarethe Cammermeyer regarding the implementation of ... Read More Rating:  - The Vets Deserved a More Thoughtful ExplanationThe highlight is touching interviews with World War II veterans, four gay and one lesbian, and the persecution they suffered. Unfortunately, the film remains simplistic, tracing the source of the world war military's policy, subsequent McCarthyite persecutions, and current 'no kiss and tell' policy to the medicalization of homosexuality. The filmakers failed to connect the military's policy to American gender relations during the same period. Rating: - Sometimes funny but mostly upsetting.Director Arthur Dong is perhaps best known for his documentary Licensed To Kill, in which he probed the minds of people who murder others for being gay. Though Coming Out Under Fire at least has flashes of humor, it is equally upsetting in the dark secrets that it reveals. Dong shows not only the long tradition of gays in America's military but also their tradition of serving with distinction before meeting with betrayal. Browse for similar items by category:
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