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Beatriz De La Pava plays the music that chronicled the Vietnam War, and speaks to the people who experienced it, suffered it, fought it, and campaigned against it.

She researches the ways in which pivotal real-life events are reflected in the lyrics of popular songs, and shows how music paints a vivid picture of the social, political, economic and cultural landscape. She also reflects on the racial issues that traversed the conflict, sparking the draft resistance movement, and the appalling consequences of using chemicals during the war.

Image: Armoured personnel carriers of the U.S. 25th Infantry Division seal off an area of Cholon, Saigon, where heavy fighting erupted, 8 May 1968 (Credit: Bettmann via Getty Images)