Reception with Rory Kennedy and Screening of "Last Days in Vietnam"

Rory Kennedy will be showing her documentary Last Days in Vietnam. She will be at a reception at the JFK Hyannis Museum from 5:00 to 6:00 PM, and the doors will open for the film screening at the Barnstable High School's Knight Hall at 6:00 PM. The screening will begin at 6:30 PM. 

During the chaotic final days of the Vietnam War, the North Vietnamese Army closes in on Saigon as South Vietnamese resistance crumbles. The United States has only a skeleton crew of diplomats and military operatives still in the country. As Communist victory becomes inevitable and the U.S. readies to withdraw, some Americans begin to consider the certain imprisonment and possible death of their South Vietnamese allies, co-workers, and friends. Meanwhile, the prospect of an official evacuation of South Vietnamese becomes terminally delayed by Congressional gridlock and the inexplicably optimistic U.S. Ambassador. With the clock ticking and the city under fire, a number of heroic Americans take matters into their own hands, engaging in unsanctioned and often makeshift operations in a desperate effort to save as many South Vietnamese lives as possible.