Films that demonstrate the folly of political violence as a means for resolving conflict and/or show the superiority of nonviolent political conflict resolution.
A BLACK NAVAL OFFICER FINDS PEACE SEARCHING FOR HIS PSYCHOLOGICAL ROOTS Antwone Fisher, a young African American in the U.S. Navy decided one day to write the story of his life. Ten years later, his autobiography, with some fictionalization, has now been portrayed on the screen. The story so deeply touched Denzel Washington that he […]
A SPIRITUAL TRANSFORMATION EMERGES IN TO END ALL WARS The early comment in To End All Wars by a Scottish soldier characterizing World War II as the second “war to end all wars” somehow tells us that we are to view a film that will make us think. Based on the book The Miracle on
THE QUIET AMERICAN DEAFENINGLY PROCLAIMS THE FOLLY OF REGIME CHANGE In 1945, when Ho Chi Minh read the Vietnamese Declaration of Independence, modeled after the American Declaration of 1776, American warplanes flying overhead dipped down to show approval, and the Vietnamese in the square below cheered. The United States and Ho Chi Minh’s forces were
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A GERMAN FILM EXPOSES CLOSET NAZIS, THANKS TO YALE & STANFORD EXPERIMENTERS Why did so many ordinary Germans support Hitler and the Nazi persecution of the Jews? For some researchers, the explanation is rooted in personality factors resulting from childhood socialization. Social psychologist Kurt Lewin, in contrast, theorized that political and social forces impinging upon
WORLD WAR III AVERTED IN K-19: THE WIDOWMAKER By 1960 the United States established an offensive nuclear advantage by placing Polaris submarines with nuclear missiles under the Arctic ice cap, in range of Leningrad and Moscow. Not to be outdone, the Soviet Union rushed construction of a similar submarine, named K-19, for operation by 1961.
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ONE MISSING BOMB NEARLY SPARKS WORLD WAR III IN THE SUM OF ALL FEARS World War III could emerge if a terrorist set off a nuclear bomb in the United States, which in turn became convinced that Russia was behind the plot. That is the premise in Tom Clancy’s novel The Sum of All Fears,
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When Ho Chi Minh read Vietnam’s Declaration of Independence at Hanoi in September 2, 1945, American planes provided overhead support to the cheers of the assembled throng; they had backed his struggle against the Japanese during World War II. The next time the American military went to Vietnam, however, the mission was different. We Were Soldiers,
Time of Favor takes place in a Jewish settlement on the West Bank, where Rabbi Meltzer (played by Assi Dayan) runs a yeshiva. Meltzer’s lectures incite soldiers to act to regain the Temple Mount for the Jewish people. However, the form of action he recommends is nonmilitary, that is, to have thousands of Jews praying at
LUMUMBA TELLS THE TRUE STORY ABOUT CONGELESE INDEPENDENCE The English are inveterate gardeners, proud of turning adverse soil into lush and manicured panoramas of color. Based on a true story, Greenfingers focuses on Colin Briggs (played by Clive Owen), who has spent most of his life in prison for petty vandalism. One day he is
GOOD AND EVIL PRESENT CLEAR CHOICES IN ATLANTIS: THE LOST EMPIRE Atlantis: The Lost Empire, directed by Gary Trousdale and Kirk Wise, is yet another Disney cartoon story for kids, with fantastic beauty and a simple story, though the plot is aimed at teenagers more than toddlers. When the film begins, a quote from Plato
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