Abstract:

Hailed by critics for its incredible power and beauty, REGRET TO INFORM will change forever the way you think about war. On February 29, 1968 Jeff Gurvitz crawled out of a foxhole during a mortar attack to rescue his radio operator and was killed. "We regret to inform you..." were the words director Barbara Sonneborn read on the official notice of her husband's death. This was the day of her 24th birthday. Twenty years later, Sonneborn woke up with a sudden and urgent need to know, "What did Jeff die for?" Sonneborn's quest to this question is the narrative thread of REGRET TO INFORM. Filled with extraordinary archival footage and breathtaking visions of modern-day Vietnam, REGRET TO INFORM begins where the war ends - with the heart wrenching stories of the women who were left behind.