To Do: Francophonie, Vietnam, or Heroin
* "La Nuit des Publivores Francophone 2007" at the Hirshhorn. It's a night of television commercials from Belgium, Switzerland, Lebanon, Canada, North Africa, French-speaking Africa, and France. $13 at 7 p.m. [ Smithsonian ]
* Tom Bissell discussesThe Father of All Thingsat Olsson's in Arlington. It's about the impact of Vietnam on Americans, Vietnamese and Bissell's own pop. [ Olsson's ]
* Shirley Clarke'sThe Connectionat AFI. "This beat-inflected study depicts a documentarian's efforts to capture the drug scene as seen through a group of heroin addicts waiting for their connection." $9.25 at 8: 30PM. [ AFI ]