War Movie is a five-part documentary series that examines not only the history of war in American cinema, but how this medium has shaped our country’s perspective on conflict, foreign policy, race, masculinity and national identity.

EPISODE 4: INTO THE JUNGLE: 1976 – 2000

The Vietnam war on film, the Reagan Years, the Gulf War and the return of the Civil War and World War Two narratives. How war films have both the power to heal the country of it’s past, but also perpetuate concepts of violence, nationalism and false masculinity. The Boys in

Company C (1978), Apocalypse Now (1979) , First Blood (1982) , Platoon (1986), Top Gun (1986), and Saving Private Ryan (1998)