Letter to Jane

France, 1972

Film

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The film’s subject is a photograph of Jane Fonda visiting Hanoi during the Vietnam War. It asks what the position of the intellectual should be in the class struggle and points out the irony of Jane Fonda’s participation in the photo shoot, which was staged.

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Credits

writer

Jean-Pierre Gorin

Duration

52:00

Production places
France
Production dates
1972

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

tmdb-movie-156982

Languages

English

French

Subject category

Documentary

TMDB-Movie

156982

Wikidata

Q3236934

Collected

43 times

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