Although the September 11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon are, as of this writing, some six months in the past, the issue of terrorism is still a piping hot topic for debate across the U.S. In Voices for Peace, director Robbie Leppzer (An Act of Conscience) combines footage from anti-war demonstrations in New York City and Washington D.C. to underscore the message--evident on the marchers' placards--that war is not the cure for terrorism and that true solutions will only come about through more creative thinking and deeper understanding. Speakers include Nobel Peace Prize laureates Mairead Maguire and Adolfo Perez Esquivel, WTC rescue worker James Creedon, Rev. Lucius Walker of Pastors for Peace, and a multitude of other student and community advocates. Occasionally referred to here as "George Bush's War," the initial bombing of Afghanistan is decried as a hasty response that will only bring more fear and apprehension to an already shaken populace. Less a reasoned argument than a montage of speeches, slogans ("Our Grief Is Not a Cry for War"), personal opinions (a student likens terrorists to the Ku Klux Klan, stating that the fighting is only happening because "there's brown people involved"), and chants ("hey-hey, ho-ho, this racist war has got to go"), this history-as-it's-happening grassroots production is a strong optional purchase. Aud: H, C, P. (J. Williams)
Voices for Peace
(2001) 25 min. $99: high schools & public libraries; $249: colleges and universities. Turning Tide Productions (dist. by The AV Café). PPR. Color cover. Volume 17, Issue 2
Voices for Peace
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