In 1968, as America was being torn apart by war, racial division, and a growing demand for civil rights, a remarkable group of young Black soldiers was sent deep into the jungles of Vietnam.
They were members of an elite special operations team, operating behind enemy lines, risking their lives for a country that was still struggling to recognize their own equality.
Their story has remained largely untold. Until now.
In SOUL PATROL, Sundance Award-winning filmmaker J.M. Harper brings this extraordinary chapter of American history to life.
Drawing on never-before-seen Super 8 footage, personal photographs, and recordings from the soldiers themselves, Harper reunites the surviving members of the unit more than fifty years later.
What emerges is far more than a war story.
It’s an intimate and deeply moving portrait of brotherhood, memory, and the lasting wounds of combat—and a powerful examination of what it meant to fight for freedom abroad while confronting injustice at home.
For these men, the war may have ended decades ago. But its echoes have never entirely faded.
This week on INSIDE THE ARTHOUSE, we welcome director J.M. Harper to discuss SOUL PATROL, the extraordinary men at its heart, and the importance of telling stories that history has too often overlooked.
Watch our conversation with J.M. Harper. Starting now.
