ions”
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Television brought
images of Vietnam to Ame
rican homes during the
1960a and 1970a. Body
counts. Massacres. He
roism. Death. AD report
ed, night after night, on the
new*
Those who fought and
survived have sought their
own ways of dealing with
and sharing the images
they remember. One solu
tion, the creation of works
of art, comes to .televi
sion in a program airing on
The University of North
Carolina Center for Public
Television at 10 p.m.,
Thursday, May 30. 7 if'
“Vietnam: Reflexes and
Reflections'’ explores the
American experience in 1
Vietnam through the
brushes, cameras and pens
of men who survived. The
30-minute program is an
original production of the
Center.
The program defines the
common bond these art ,
ists forged through their
experiences in Vietnam,
painting a picture of what
they did to survive there,
as well as how they made
their adjustment to civilian
life back home ^ ’"■*)
“They get the point of
view of the veteran who
actually pulled the trigger
in the war, the guy who
dropped the bombs, they
guy who threw the hand
grenade during this war,"
explafg*. artist and vete
ran Cleveland Wright of
* Kernersville, N.C. “This is
. our view of what we (fid in
Vietnam.”
“Vietnam: Reflexes and
Reflections” was taped
during the ltM exhibition
in Burlington, N.C., of
works by the Vietnam Ve
terans Arts Group, includ
ing paintings, prints, pho
tography, sculpture, car
toons, drawings and poe
try. The art and words of.
the artists themselves tell
the various stories of the
Vietnam experience.
“ft’s irrevelant of why
were there. There was
some sadness, but there
are nice memories as well
as the bad memories,”
points out Frank Dahmer,
another artist featured in
the program.
tist featured in the pro
gram. ' t.v
The Vietnam Veterans
Arts Grotqp was founded
Deejays Will “Unban” Wonder
Orlando, Fla. - General
managers, program direc
tors and on-dir personali
ties at black radio sta
tions across the U S. this
week were asked by black
music tra& newsletter
publisher Jack Gibaon to
give superstar Stevie Won
der a one-of-a-kind music
birthday present this year.
Gibson, known in' Mm
black radio and music in- ‘
dustries as "Jade the
Rdpper," said that over
whelming response to his
idea that all stations play a
one-hour stake to Stevie in
answer to the South Afri
can ban on Stevie’s music
after the superstar singer
accepted ’ an Acddemy
Award for “Best Song of
m—— Liu •fa.
the Year” in the name of
Neteon Mapdels, the btac^
leader tX* jailed in Soutt
Africa, shows the esteem in
which Stevie Wonder is
held.
“What a fabulous thing it
win be on Ifay IS at high
noon (12 p.m. EST, II us.
CST, 10 am. MST, and 9
a m PST), when all the
disc Jockeys open their
microphones and say, in
unisdn, “Happy birthday,
dfear brother Stevie Won
der,’ and for the next how
play nothing but Stevie
Wonder records.'* Jack
laid the Orlando television
news crew on hand to Hhw
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when a handful of Chi
cago-based veterans, who
were also artists, realised
their common link. The
group staged a small ex
hibition at a Chicago gal
lery. When other veterans
saw the exhibit, they began
to pull their own art work
out of their closets and
basements and joined the
group.
Most of the art is not for
sale, since the works were
I ' •
created for personal rea
sons, perhaps as a tribute
to a lost friend or as a way
of coping with memories of
war. And it is art that goes
beyond battle lines; the
group has opened its mem
bership to North Vietnam
ese combat artists r '
“Vietnam: Reflexes and
Relections” was produced
and directed by M. J. Sbee
han of The UNC Center for
Public Television.
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