Going Up River - The Long War Of John Kerry

Key to understanding this seminal experience: Why as a child of privilege he felt the need to got o the Vietnam War and fight on the rivers of the Mekong Delta and why upon his return home as a veteran he felt compelled to protest against the senselessness of the war and commit himself to end it.

GOING UPRIVER - The Long War of John Kerry takes you into heart of John Kerry's Vietnam War against the background of his personal life. Through in-depth interviews and rarely seen archival photographs and footage, GOING UPRIVER recreates and era, a war and the potential President shaped by these events.

A timeless classic (yet still timely) about the nature of war and the quintessential dilemma: what is a soldier's duty and when and what makes a soldier turn and say: I won't do it anymore? GOING UPRIVER is an epic film about the conflicts of war with a protagonist who may become the President of the United States.