Music, Movies and the Vietnam War
Week 6 | M, Tu, W, Th, F | Turner Conference Room | Ages 15 and up
Using many recorded and filmed examples of music, movies, TV, and documentaries from the Vietnam War era (especially 1963-1975), the class will explore interactions between social, political, cultural, and military factors. We will address how popular music changed during (and because of) the war and how media makers and commentators interpreted developments in Vietnam. There will be discussion time included each day.
Class Times
Robert Hopper
Bob spends his summers at Chautauqua. He is President CLSC Science Circle, helps Chautauqua's Archives and is a leader of the international Manuscript Society. For over ten years Bob has taught classes on inventions, diplomacy and intelligence. In his earlier life he was in the US Foreign Service where he worked on East-West Security, Congressional relations, management and training for the US State Department.
Ronald McClure
B.A. Geneva College; M.A. University of Pittsburgh. Vietnam veteran, U.S. Army. Former National Security Agency employee. Retired from Alcoa after nearly 30 years, specializing in new business development for the corporation. Lifelong music appreciator and collector.
