BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN PRODID:adamgibbons/ics METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VEVENT UID:23931@offbeat.amsterdam SUMMARY:CinéDialoog: Soldier’s Bones DTSTAMP:20260617T204122Z DTSTART:20260626T173000Z DESCRIPTION:When young journalist Alec Shimkin uncovers a large-scale Ameri can war crime in\nVietnam\, his investigation is buried through self-censo rship. Who decides which\nstories survive?\n\nIn 1971\, a young Newsweek r eporter uncovers a secret U.S. military operation in\nVietnam’s Mekong Del ta: Operation Speedy Express\, during which widespread war\ncrimes are com mitted. In the wake of the 1968 My Lai massacre\, he is convinced\nthat th is “Super My Lai” must also be brought to light.\n\nFor months\, Newsweek suppresses his investigation—under government pressure and\nthrough self-c ensorship within its own editorial ranks. What should have been a\nmajor c over story is eventually reduced to a brief\, watered-down article with\nl ittle public impact. The eyewitness testimonies from Vietnamese civilians that\nAlec had painstakingly collected disappear from the narrative.\n\nSh ortly afterwards\, Alec goes missing in Vietnam. Soldier’s Bones reconstru cts\nhis attempt to expose Operation Speedy Express—the story he never had the chance\nto finish. What disappeared with him? After the film we engag e Dr. Dat M. Nguyen\nin conversation on the film and the questions it rais es: what does Alec’s\nsilence reveal about how stories are shaped\, filter ed\, or suppressed\, and about\nwho ultimately decides what becomes visibl e and what remains hidden? URL:https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/cinedialoog-soldiers-bones GEO:52.3630433;4.8828596 LOCATION:De Balie - Kleine-Gartmanplantsoen 10\, 1017 RR Amsterdam STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:amsterdam-centrum,film,leidseplein,stories X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

When young journalist Alec Shimkin uncovers a large-scale American war crime in Vietnam, his investigation is buried through self-censorship. Who decides which stories survive?

In 1971, a young Newsweek reporter uncovers a secret U .S. military operation in Vietnam’s Mekong Delta: Operation Speedy Express , during which widespread war crimes are committed. In the wake of the 196 8 My Lai massacre, he is convinced that this “Super My Lai” must also be b rought to light.

For months, Newsweek suppresses his inves tigation—under government pressure and through self-censorship within its own editorial ranks. What should have been a major cover story is eventual ly reduced to a brief, watered-down article with little public impact. The eyewitness testimonies from Vietnamese civilians that Alec had painstakin gly collected disappear from the narrative.

Shortly afterwards, Ale c goes missing in Vietnam. Soldier’s Bones reconstructs his attem pt to expose Operation Speedy Express—the story he never had the chance to finish. What disappeared with him? After the film we engage Dr. Dat M. Ng uyen in conversation on the film and the questions it raises: what does Al ec’s silence reveal about how stories are shaped, filtered, or suppressed, and about who ultimately decides what becomes visible and what remains hi dden?

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