Film Guides
The Fog of War
The official Teacher's Guide for the Academy Award winning documentary, The Fog of War. This provocative movie by the filmmaker Errol Morris examines issues of war and peace in the twentieth century through the lens of one of the century's pivotal figures. Robert McNamara offers his account of the century just past, as he remembers participating in it, as well as his reflections on its meaning for the twenty-first century.
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The Official Teacher's Guide to Virtual JFK
This guide is designed to help students think about complex issues raised by Virtual JFK. The film investigates one of the most debated "what if" scenarios in the history of U.S. foreign policy: What would President John F. Kennedy have done in Vietnam if he had not been assassinated in 1963, and had he been elected in 1964? The story takes place in the midst of the Cold War and tempestuous partisan politics in the United States.
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Secrecy
The Choices Program has developed the Teacher's Guide for Secrecy, a documentary by Peter Galison and Robb Moss. The film explores the tensions between our safety as a nation and our ability to function as a democracy.
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Torturing Democracy
The Choices Program has developed a study guide for the film Torturing Democracy. This film, tells the inside story of how the U.S. government adopted the Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape (SERE) program techniques as official policy in the aftermath of 9/11.
