F.T.A.

For other uses, see FTA (disambiguation).
F.T.A.
Film poster
Directed byFrancine Parker
Written by
Produced by
    • Francine Parker
    • Jane Fonda
    • Donald Sutherland
Starring
    • Jane Fonda
    • Donald Sutherland
    • Michael Alaimo
    • Len Chandler
    • Pamela Donegan
    • Rita Martinson
    • Paul Mooney
    • Holly Near
    • Peter Boyle
Cinematography
Edited by
    • Michael Beaudry
    • Joel Moorwood
    • Judy Reidel
Music by
    • Homer Swan
    • Aminadav Aloni
    • Yale Zimmerman
Distributed byAmerican International Pictures
Release date
  • 1972 (1972)
Running time
96 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

F.T.A. is a 1972 American documentary film starring Jane Fonda and Donald Sutherland and directed by Francine Parker, which follows a 1971 anti-Vietnam War road show for G.I.s, the FTA Show, as it stops in Hawaii, The Philippines, Okinawa, and Japan.[1][2]: p.143  It includes highlights from the show, behind the scenes footage, local performers from the countries visited, and interviews and conversations with GIs "as they discuss what they saw in battle, their anger with the military bureaucracy, and their opposition to America's presence in Indochina."[3] Called by Fonda "a spit and a prayer production" it was far from a big budget Hollywood movie, or even a well-funded documentary. While the movie "is raw," it "underscores how infectious the movement of the 60s and 70s was", and chronicles both the Tour itself as well as the soldiers who came to see it and "the local talent of organizers, labor unions and artist/activists" in the countries visited.[4]

  1. ^ Greenspun, Roger (July 22, 1972). "FTA (1972) Jane Fonda's 'F.T.A.' Show Now a Film". The New York Times.
  2. ^ Goss, Lindsay Evan (2014). Entertaining the Movement: Jane Fonda, GI Resistance, and the FTA (PhD). Brown University. Retrieved 2020-05-01.
  3. ^ Deminy, Mark. "F.T.A Synopsis". AllMovie.
  4. ^ Andrew, Penelope (2011-05-25). "Fonda, Sutherland, Streep Echo Trumbo & Brecht: FTA (1972) and Theater of War (2008)". Huff Post.