Forty years after Pvt. McKinley Nolan vanished in Vietnam, his family learns there is hope, the beloved brother, husband and father is alive and the decades-long mystery of his disappearance may be solved.
“As full of emotion, pathos, guarded contrition and genuine ambivalence as any great war movie.” - Josh Rosenblatt, Texas Observer
"The Disappearance of McKinley Nilan taps into this slow burner and raises our submerged anxieties to a bewildering, disturbing surface. A riveting documentary." - Stewart Nusbaumer, Huffington Post
Directed by Henry Corra
Produced by Celia Maysles, Jeremy Amar & Corra
A Corra Films & Louverture Films production with participation by Naked Edge Films & The Sundance Institute
World Premiere: 2010 Silverdocs Film Festival
Winner, Honorable Mentions for Best Documentary & Best Editing, 2010 Woodstock Film Festival