Yusef Komunyakaa went to Vietnam as a journalist but came home a poet. John Kerry, Julie Taymor, Elliot Goldenthal, a chorus of veterans and Komunyakaa himself discuss the beauty and horror of war – and the challenge of making art of it.

Originally released by PBS, 2020. Streaming video file encoded with permission for digital streaming by Infobase on July 14, 2020.