| Wednesday,
September 20 at 7pm
Scribe
Video Center presents
The
Camden 28
dir. Anthony
Giacchino, USA, 2005, video, 82 mins, color
Director
Anthony Giacchino in person
Co-sponsored
by Brandywine Peace Community
 How
far would you go to stop a war? On August 22, 1971, twenty-eight
men and women carried out a powerful act of civil disobedience
against United States involvement in the Vietnam War by attempting
to break into a draft board office, located in the Federal Building
in Camden, New Jersey. The activists were part of a nonviolent
antiwar movement popularly known as the "Catholic Left."
When apprehended by the FBI, they stated that their actions
were meant to show their belief that killing - even in war -
was morally indefensible. And by conducting their raids mostly
in inner cities, they hoped to
call attention to war's damaging effect on some of America's
most vulnerable populations. Thirty-five years later, key participants
openly discuss their motives, their fears, and the tremendous
personal costs of their actions.
Winner
of the Philadelphia Film Festival's Audience and Jury Awards
for Best Documentary.
The
screening will be followed by a discussion between members of
the Camden 28 and today's generation of peace activists about
how the events portrayed
in
the film resonate in today's climate and how to move from opposition
to resistance.
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