Social Justice Film Series, 7pm, Fri, Feb 8
Vermont Workers' Center Social Justice Film Series presents:
"SIR NO SIR"
7:00pm, Workers' Center, 294 N. Winooski Ave, Burlington. Free public event. This powerful film that tells the untold story of the massive movement within the military to end the Vietnam War. Sir No Sire is a feature-length documentary which focuses on the efforts by troops in the U.S. military during the Vietnam War to oppose the war effort by peaceful demonstration and subversion. It speaks mainly to veterans, but serves as a ready reminder to civilians that soldiers may oppose war as stridently as any civilian, and at greater personal peril.
On January 21, the Vermont Workers' Center started there ongoing Social Justice Film Series with the powerful film "At The River I Stand" and then on January 25th played "SiCKO". Each film drew a couple of dozen local residents. After "Sir No Sir" the Social Justice Film Series presents "The Take" at 7pm on February 22nd.
More info: Call 861-2877 or email info [at]workerscenter.org
Social Justice Film Series: SIR NO SIR, Feb 8th
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I wish I could be there. It wasn't the media who first brought the hypocracy and the horrors of that war to the attention of the American public: it was returning veterans who were courageous enough to speak up and stand up. I learned what was happening from a friend of my brother's, long before there were protests. He cried on our front steps as he told his story. My first year in college, I was the first to join a young veteran standing alone in protest at the campus flagpole. Soon others stood with us. This was beginning in small ways little by little all over the country. Later, at a different college, I volunteered with the veteran run anti-war organization. Often I invited returning vets for dinner and an evening with my family so that they could experience normalcy, to begin recovering not only from the war but from the misunderstanding of people who didn't realize the role these young people played in bringing the truth home.
This film is important and long overdue.
Dayle Ann Stratton
Brandon, VT
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