"In the Year of the Pig" | Poster | Wisconsin Historical Society

Poster

"In the Year of the Pig"

"In the Year of the Pig" | Poster | Wisconsin Historical Society
Poster advertising a German screening of Emile de Antonio's 1968 documentary film "In the Year of the Pig," about the Vietnam War. Poster is designed like a calendar page for Wednesday, May 27, 1970, and advertises a screening at 8:00 p.m. (20:00) at Audi Max II, an auditorium at the University of Hamburg. In the background of the poster is an image from the film of a Vietnamese person being dragged by an American tank. The poster text reads (with translation from the cataloger):

zeigt der AKFF in einer Sonderveranstaltung den vom Fernsehen abgelehnten Film:
In the Year of the Pig
von Emile de Antonio, USA 1969
"In the year of the pig" ist ein historischer Dokumentarfilm ueber Schweine und ihren Frass "im Jahr der Schweine".
Die Amerikaner sind die Schweine, der Frass die Vietnamesen!

The AKFF will show a special screening of the film not shown on television: In the Year of the Pig, by Emile de Antonio, USA, 1969
"In the Year of the Pig" is a historical documentary film about pigs and their feed "in the year of the pig." The Americans are the pigs, the feed is the Vietnamese!

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DESCRIPTION
Poster advertising a German screening of Emile de Antonio's 1968 documentary film "In the Year of the Pig," about the Vietnam War. Poster is designed like a calendar page for Wednesday, May 27, 1970, and advertises a screening at 8:00 p.m. (20:00) at Audi Max II, an auditorium at the University of Hamburg. In the background of the poster is an image from the film of a Vietnamese person being dragged by an American tank. The poster text reads (with translation from the cataloger): zeigt der AKFF in einer Sonderveranstaltung den vom Fernsehen abgelehnten Film: In the Year of the Pig von Emile de Antonio, USA 1969 "In the year of the pig" ist ein historischer Dokumentarfilm ueber Schweine und ihren Frass "im Jahr der Schweine". Die Amerikaner sind die Schweine, der Frass die Vietnamesen! The AKFF will show a special screening of the film not shown on television: In the Year of the Pig, by Emile de Antonio, USA, 1969 "In the Year of the Pig" is a historical documentary film about pigs and their feed "in the year of the pig." The Americans are the pigs, the feed is the Vietnamese!
RECORD DETAILS
Image ID:102873
Creation Date: 1970
Creator Name:Unknown
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County:
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Collection Name:Emile de Antonio papers, 1868-1990 (bulk 1950s-1980s)
Genre:Poster
Original Format Type:prints, photomechanical
Original Format Number:U.S. Mss 117AN OV Folder 1
Original Dimensions:23.75 x 33.75 inches
SUBJECTS
Film posters
Motion pictures
Foreign Languages
Tanks (Military science)
Vietnam War, 1961-1975
Men
RIGHTS AND PERMISSIONS
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