Barbara Sonneborn

Overview

Barbara Sonneborn born Chicago, IL March 2, 1944. Film writer, director, producer of Regret to Inform about the death of her husband in Vietnam War, and her visit to Vietnam to witness the effects of war.

Quotations

"War is a monster. You let it out of its cage and you can't tell it how to behave." (WGBH True Lives, “The Making of Regret to Inform”)

"It has expanded my understanding of sorrow and suffering, of love and joy. I want people to see war differently than they've seen it before. I want them to look war in the face, to ask themselves, 'Am I going to allow this to happen ever again?' I want people to so deeply realize the humanity of other human beings that they won't be able to kill them." (quote and photo AMDOC Regret to Inform, 2006)