New documentary scrutinizes Pentagon-Hollywood relationship — but is it propaganda?

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New documentary scrutinizes Pentagon-Hollywood relationship — but is it propaganda?
By Davis Winkie
Aug 4, 09:36 AM
The new documentary Theaters of War explores the relationship between the Pentagon and Hollywood. It's available for streaming on Vimeo. (Courtesy of Roger Stahl)

Editor’s note: Army Times senior reporter Davis Winkie authored his master’s thesis in 2019 on the early years of the DoD’s Hollywood liaison program, as well as a number of blog posts and articles. The director of this film contacted Winkie in 2020 to ask about a Marine Corps Times story he penned about a John Wayne film that was never made. Winkie shared some public domain archival documents with him but wasn’t involved in this film’s production.

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