The Catonsville Nine : investigation of a flame

The Catonsville Nine : investigation of a flame / a film by Lynne Sachs ; produced, directed, photographed and edited by Lynne Sachs.

On May 17, 1968 nine Vietnam War protesters, including a nurse, an artist and three priests, walked into a Catonsville, Maryland draft board office, grabbed hundreds of selective service records and incinerated them with homemade napalm. This film is an intimate look at this unlikely, disparate band...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Sachs, Lynne (director of photography,)
Format: Video
Language:English
Published: [Brooklyn, New York] : Icarus Films, [2001]
Subjects:
Catonsville Nine.
1900-1999
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 > Protest movements > United States.
Government, Resistance to > United States > History > 20th century.
Peace movements > United States > History > 20th century.
Civil disobedience > United States > History > 20th century.
Civil disobedience
Government, Resistance to
Peace movements
Protest movements
Catonsville (Md.) > History.
Maryland > Catonsville
United States
documentary film.
Documentary films
History
Nonfiction films
Documentary films.
Nonfiction films.
Documentaires.
Films autres que de fiction.
Online Access:Click for online access
Description
Summary:On May 17, 1968 nine Vietnam War protesters, including a nurse, an artist and three priests, walked into a Catonsville, Maryland draft board office, grabbed hundreds of selective service records and incinerated them with homemade napalm. This film is an intimate look at this unlikely, disparate band of resisters - the Catonsville Nine as they came to be known - who broke the law in a poetic act of civil disobedience. The publicity and news coverage from the ensuing trial helped galvanize an increasingly disillusioned American public.
Physical Description:1 online resource (1 video file (45 min.)) : sound, color and black and white
Audience:10 and up.
Language:Closed captioning available.
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Description based on online resource; title from title frames (Docuseek2, viewed June 2, 2022).

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