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After shooting a film with a much-changed Jean-Luc Godard, Jane Fonda travels to Vietnam, where she naively participates in a stunt that would leave her branded “Hanoi Jane” for decades. The world media had a field day mocking her, the US government set to work plotting to destroy her, and Jane would seek refuge in a new relationship with activist-turned-politician Tom Hayden. Meanwhile, in the midst of divorcing Romain Gary, Jean found herself pregnant. Having wiretapped a phone call between Jean and a Black Panther about her pregnancy, the FBI decided to “neutralize” both Seberg and her unborn child.
Jane Fonda and Donald Sutherland during a F.T.A. performance, 1971
Jane Fonda accepts her Academy Award for Best Actress, 1972
Jane Fonda during her 1972 visit to Hanoi, North Vietnam
Jean Seberg and David Janssen, Macho Callahan, 1970
SHOW NOTES:
Sources:
Played Out: The Jean Seberg Story by David Richards
A Taste of Power: A Black Woman's Story by Elaine Brown
Jane Fonda: The Private Life of a Public Woman by Patricia Bosworth
Jane Fonda's War: A Political Biography Of An Antiwar Icon by Mary Hershberger
“Total recall” by John Patterson, TheGuardian.com, September 2, 2005
“The Truth About My Trip To Hanoi” by Jane Fonda, JaneFonda.com, July 22, 2011
Music:
All of the music used in this episode, with the exception of the intro and outro, is from royalty-free music libraries and licensed music collections. The intro includes a clip from the film Casablanca. Outro song: “A Mistake” by Fiona Apple. Excerpts from the following songs were used throughout the episode: “Meet Me in Queens 2” by Orjan Karlsson, “Easy Lynch Guitars 1” by Johan Hynynen, “EarthBound 1” by Joachim Nilsson, “Salty Breeze”, “Earthbound 1” by Joachim Nilsson, “Tomorrow I'll Be Gone” by Franz Gordon, “Easy Lynch Guitars 2” by Johan Hynynen, “Modern Vintage Gypsy 2” by Gavin Luke, “Devils Canyon 1” by Håkan Eriksson, “Song For Johanna” by Franz Gordon, “Mediterranean Mix 10” by Stefan Netsman, “Groovy Development” by Christian Andersen, “Musique a la Carte 5” by John Ahlin, “Last Exit To Earth” by Håkan Eriksson, “A Trace Of Light 2” by Magnus Ringblom, “I Need to Start Writing Things Down” by Chris Zabriskie.
Sponsors:
This episode is sponsored by The Great Courses Plus and American Express.
Credits:
This episode was edited by Sam Dingman, and produced by Karina Longworth with the assistance of Lindsey D. Schoenholtz. Our logo was designed by Teddy Blanks.