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BREAKING RANKS: U.S. War Resister Chuck Riley Speaks Out
We have the most senior US military officer to leave the US military and become a war resister in Canada coming to Wolfville for a film screening and talk at Acadia - sponsored by the Depts. Of Political Science & Sociology. (@ Beveridge Arts Centre Room 241.
Public talk and film screening with Chuck Wiley, the most senior U.S. military officer to become a war resister in Canada. Chuck was with the U.S. Navy for 17 years and deployed to Iraq on the USS Enterprise in 2006. He will share his compelling personal story of conscience. Plus there will be a special screening of the NFB documentary "Breaking Ranks" about four U.S. soldiers seeking sanctuary in Canada. Chuck is on a tour to Nova Scotia to mark the 8th anniversary of the illegal war and occupation of Iraq and to raise awareness of the plight of war resisters in Canada.
About the Film: BREAKING RANKS is a moving NFB documentary about the plight of four U.S. soldiers seeking sanctuary in Canada as part of their resistance to the war in Iraq. With intimate access to four American military deserters, their lawyers and families, this film documents their experiences as they try to exercise their consciences amidst profound emotional, ethical and international consequences. If deported, they face the venom of mainstream American opinion and one to five years in prison.
Filmed over the course of the refugee process, this provocative film explores the meaning of duty as these young soldiers share their personal stories of moral awakening and the burden that it brings. Director: Michelle Mason. National Film Board of Canada (2005).
For a more detailed review: http://umanitoba.ca/cm/vol14/no8/breakingranks.html
BREAKING RANKS: U.S. War Resister Chuck Riley Speaks Out
We have the most senior US military officer to leave the US military and become a war resister in Canada coming to Wolfville for a film screening and talk at Acadia - sponsored by the Depts. Of Political Science & Sociology. (@ Beveridge Arts Centre Room 241.
Public talk and film screening with Chuck Wiley, the most senior U.S. military officer to become a war resister in Canada. Chuck was with the U.S. Navy for 17 years and deployed to Iraq on the USS Enterprise in 2006. He will share his compelling personal story of conscience. Plus there will be a special screening of the NFB documentary "Breaking Ranks" about four U.S. soldiers seeking sanctuary in Canada. Chuck is on a tour to Nova Scotia to mark the 8th anniversary of the illegal war and occupation of Iraq and to raise awareness of the plight of war resisters in Canada.
About the Film: BREAKING RANKS is a moving NFB documentary about the plight of four U.S. soldiers seeking sanctuary in Canada as part of their resistance to the war in Iraq. With intimate access to four American military deserters, their lawyers and families, this film documents their experiences as they try to exercise their consciences amidst profound emotional, ethical and international consequences. If deported, they face the venom of mainstream American opinion and one to five years in prison.
Filmed over the course of the refugee process, this provocative film explores the meaning of duty as these young soldiers share their personal stories of moral awakening and the burden that it brings. Director: Michelle Mason. National Film Board of Canada (2005).
For a more detailed review: http://umanitoba.ca/cm/vol14/no8/breakingranks.html
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Pricing: Free
24 University Avenue
Wolfville, Nova Scotia
leanna.mcdonald@acadiau.ca
902-585-1140
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