It was the evening of April 30, 1970, a Thursday. In the middle of a film festival that had been going on all week, someone from the projection room interrupted with the announcement, “We’ve just learned that Nixon has sent troops into Cambodia.” The atmosphere of the auditorium had been quite the party, so the seriousness with which the statement was made didn’t register. We’d been acting like kids, throwing popcorn and paper airplanes, applauding, hissing and booing, and shouting out comments. The film we were watching, Bambi Meets Godzilla, had sent our already high spirits over the top.
