Once Upon a Yugoslavia: When the American Way Met Tito's Third Way

It is 1968. Across America, citizens march for social reform and an end to the Vietnam War. Amid all this, Surya Green—a New York-born, self-absorbed, modern young woman—is a student at Stanford University, blithely pursuing a graduate degree in communication. Her view of life's purpose unexpectedly starts to expand when she says "Yes" when her Stanford film mentor selects her for a writing job at Zagreb Film in Yugoslavia. Family and friends marvel at her courage, or foolishness. The Zagreb …