S4.E6 ∙ The Namer of Names

A documentary recounting the experiences of the 351st Bombardment Group of the U.S. Army Air Forces, based in England during the Second World War . The group's air and ground crews are followed through a number of bombing missions over Hitler's Germany.

In 1941, in German-occupied Warsaw, soon after the creation of the Warsaw Jewish Ghetto by the Nazis, a Polish amateur 8mm camera enthusiast shot a remarkable 10-minute film from both sides of the Ghetto walls.

In this film made over ten years, filmmaker Barbara Sonneborn goes on a pilgrimage to the Vietnamese countryside where her husband was killed. She and translator (and fellow war widow) Xuan Ngoc Nguyen explore the meaning of war and loss on a human level. The film weaves interviews with Vietnamese and American widows into a vivid testament to the legacy of war.

The Falklands War was a battle between Argentine and UK when the South American nation decided to claim their island back (for them, it was called the Malvinas Island) after British establishment there in 1833. The conflict was of huge importance for both parties and claimed hundreds of lives even though it could easily be avoided. With rarely seen images from the battles and interviews from both sides, military personnel who was in the battleground and politicians, this documentary reveal a wider scope to what The Falklands War really was.

This documentary film comprises of interviews with five Vietnam War veterans in 1982 in prison for violent crimes committed after leaving the military, interwoven with film and television clips from the period. All five interviewed were decorated for bravery and none of the five men had a criminal record prior to going to Vietnam.

Questions the burning mystery of intimate heterosexual and homosexual relations in times of war. And shows how being close to death reinforces the yearning for passion.