The Camden 28

The Camden 28 (2007)

The Camden 28 explores how and why 28 individuals intentionally placed themselves at risk of arrest and imprisonment while protesting the war in Vietnam. Featuring a treasure of archival materials and current interviews with former FBI agents involved in the case and scholars such as Howard Zinn, The Camden 28 is a story about a potent form of dissent that has special relevance to our current political climate.

Date of release
2007-07-27
TMDB
7.0 / 10 (2)
Runtime
1h 23m
Genres
Documentary
Director
Anthony Giacchino

Interesting facts

The Camden 28 is a 2007 documentary film written, directed, and produced by Anthony Giacchino. The film, airing as a part of PBS's Point of View series, follows the story of the Camden 28. It was a group of twenty-eight members of the "Catholic Left" who were arrested in 1971 for attempting to break into and vandalize a draft board in Camden, New Jersey. Because the Camden 28 were not militant and did not plant bombs like the Weathermen, the documentary examines how they posed a much greater threat to the U.S. government as the growing religious opposition to the Vietnam War could not be written off as extremists.

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