‘Soul Patrol’ Review: Sundance Documentary Serves Up the Elegant, Elegiac Vietnam War History We Need

Jan 26, 2026 7:00pm PT ‘Soul Patrol’ Review: Sundance Documentary Serves Up the Elegant, Elegiac Vietnam War History We Need Director J. M. Harper, along with veteran Ed Emanuel, gives voice to the forgotten soldiers of a Black special operations unit. By Lisa Kennedy Plus Icon Lisa Kennedy Latest ‘Ride or Die’ Review: Queer Thriller Starts as ‘Thelma & Louise’ Homage Before Driving to Its Own Messy Destination 8 months ago ‘She Runs the World’ Review: What Happened When Nike Thought It Could Beat Track Star Allyson Felix 8 months ago ‘Rule Breakers’ Review: STEM Power Meets Girl Power in Tale of a Female Robotics Team From Afghanistan 11 months ago See All Cinetic Media When Vietnam veteran Ed Emanuel wrote the memoir “Soul Patrol” (2003), the gesture could have been likened to that of a marooned man sending out a message in a bottle.