The long censored documentary Free the Army starring Academy Award-winning actor & activist Jane Fonda and Donald Sutherland opens in virtual cinemas through Kino Marquee starting today, Friday, March 5.
With the support of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association Trust the1972 film was restored in 4K by IndieCollect. Directed by Francine Parker the documentary follows Jane Fonda and Donald Sutherland in their 1970s satirical revue across southeast Asia during the Vietnam War.
At the height of the War Jane Fonda, Donald Sutherland and fellow performers mounted the F.T.A musical comedy tour across Southeast Asia as a response to Bob Hope's USO tour.
Some of Fonda and Sutherland’s co-stars include writer/actor Michael Alaimo, singers and activists Holly Near, Rita Martinson, Len Chandler, and comedian Paul Mooney. Though being controversial the film had great success with enlisted men and women of the time as they are shown throughout expressing their disillusionment with war imperialism and racism.
The film became known as “the show the Pentagon couldn’t stop”. Now fully restored and with a new introduction by Jane Fonda, the film provides historical context as well as what sparked the creation of the F.T.A troupe.
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