Acts of Conscience Film Series

Sponsored by

Whidbey Peace & Reconciliation Network

Whidbey Friends Worship Group

1st & 3rd Tuesdays, 7:00pm

at Langley United Methodist Church

MARCH 6 - "Sir, No Sir"
A recently released documentary chronicling the wide-spread resistance to the Vietnam War from within the U.S. military. Soldiers by the thousands decided the war was wrong and stopped following orders.

MARCH 20 - "Acts of Conscience"
The inspiring story of a couple's dramatic five year struggle to nonviolently resist the seizure of their home after they had refused to pay federal taxes as a protest against war and military spending.

APRIL 3 - "The Good War"
An inspiring PBS special featuring the crucial role of conscientious resisters during WWII.

APRIL 17 - "In the Company of Fear"
The story of the Peace Brigades International courageous effort to provide unarmed protective accompaniment to peasant leaders and human rights activists in war-ravaged Columbia.

MAY 1 - "Weapons of the Spirit"
The amazing, moving story about Le Chambon, the French Huguenot village of 5000 inhabitants that successfully hid 5000 Jews during the Nazi occupation of France.

MAY 15 - 1) "Convictions: Prisoners of Conscience" A documentary about the persistent witness against the School of the Americas at Ft. Benning, Georgia.
and 2) "An Australian Broadcasting Documentary" Military families organize resistance to the war in Iraq at Ft. Bragg in North Carolina.