Anti-War & Anti-Militarism Movements
The Anti-War and Anti-Militarism Movements Film Collection from Third World Newsreel features documentaries and narratives that examine the history, strategies, and personal stories behind resistance to war and militarism around the world. These films provide critical perspectives on peace movements, grassroots activism, conscientious objection, and the impact of militarization on communities. Curated as an educational resource, the collection invites students, educators, and community groups to explore complex questions about conflict, state power, and the struggle for justice and peace.
Revolution Until Victory a.k.a. We Are the Palestinian People (Newsreel #65)
Filmed in Palestine by Newsreel, REVOLUTION UNTIL VICTORY shows the refugee camps of the Middle East, the rise of the Palestinian Liberation Movement and Israel's relationship to Western imperialism.
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Living Along the Fenceline
The U.S. has 1,000 bases worldwide. The Pentagon says they make us secure. These women disagree.
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No Game (Newsreel #2)
In October, 1967, 100,000 people marched on Washington to demand an end to the Vietnam War.
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America a.k.a. Amerika (Newsreel #)
Against the background of the escalation of the war in Vietnam, AMERICA documents the development of the anti-war movement on the home front.
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Mill-In a.k.a. The Christmas Mill-In (Newsreel #6)
To raise the consciousness of New Yorkers, anti-war demonstrators took to the streets on fashionable Fifth Avenue on Christmas Eve.
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Garbage a.k.a. Garbage Demonstration (Newsreel #5)
During a prolonged garbage collector's strike in New York City, a group of youths from the Lower East Side of Manhattan decide to use the situation to make a political statement.
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People's War (Newsreel #43)
"People's War" records the mobilization and participation of the Vietnamese people in their country's fight against colonialism and foreign military aggression.
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Fall Seven Times, Get Up Eight: The Japanese War Brides
Three journalists trace their mothers’ tumultuous journey in new film about WWII Japanese war brides.
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Summer '68 (Newsreel #505)
This documentary provides an in-depth examination of protest activities surrounding the Democratic National Convention in Chicago.
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Anti-Draft in Boston: Boston Draft Resistance Group a.k.a. BDRG (Newsreel #7)
A profile of a grassroots anti-war group in Boston, this short film documents some of the tactics and activities used by draft resistance groups across the country during the Vietnam War.
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Army a.k.a. Army Film (Newsreel #36)
Shot in 1969, this film documents the building anger of draftees in the U.S. military and the growth of the anti-war movement within the military.
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Yippie (Newsreel #)
Filmed as the official statement of the Youth International Party, this film is as freewheeling and irreverent as the Yippies themselves.
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High School Rising (Newsreel #38)
An analysis of how the schools by using the tracking system, exploit and oppress people in terms of class origins and how students can begin to organize.
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War in Daechuri
Spurred by the U.S. government's plan to expand military bases in Pyeongtaek city, a war is being waged against the farmers of the South Korean village of Daechuri.
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Resist - With Noam Chomsky a.k.a. Chomsky-Resist (Newsreel #1)
This short film offers a rare look at Noam Chomsky in the late 1960s as he speaks candidly about the war in Vietnam and articulates critiques that have an eerie resonance in the present day.
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Only the Beginning (Newsreel #59)
In April 1971, thousands of G.I.'s came to Washington, D.C., to protest the Vietnam War.
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Namibia: Independence Now!
This film examines how exiled Namibians worked to free their country from illegal South African exploitation and prepare for their country's independence.
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War for Guam
The first public television documentary about the experience and impact of WWII on Guam, a US territory since 1898.
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Vieques: An Endless Battle
People of Vieques, Puerto Rico, seek justice and environmental restoration after decades of U.S. Navy military activity on their island.
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Fuera Yanqui (Newsreel #)
This film provides a short history of the Dominican Republic and an analysis of the control exerted on its economic structure by U.S. interests.
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Three Tours
Three US. militaray veterans work to heal their wounds and battle with PTSD resulting from their deployments in Iraq.
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NCZ Goes to War
An examination of the Persian Gulf anti-war movement and its scant coverage in the mainstream media.
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A Day of Plane Hunting
Vietnamese women played a crucial role in the Vietnam War.
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Anti-Draft in Boston: Resist and the New England Resistance a.k.a. Resist-Resistance (Newsreel #8)
This film gives a general outline of the kinds of work being done in The Boston-Cambridge area by National Resist and the New England Resistance.
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R.O.T.C. (Newsreel #34)
An anti-ROTC film with data demonstrating university complicity with the military, what that military is used for and why the supposedly neutral universities want to keep ROTC on campus.
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Four Americans (Newsreel #3)
Anti-war statement by four American soldiers who deserted the Army during the Vietnam War in 1967.
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Catonsville Nine (Newsreel #18)
Filmed in Baltimore during the support demonstrations for the nine catholics who were on trial for napalming the 1-A Draft files in Catonsville, Maryland.
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A Song for Ourselves
A SONG FOR OURSELVES is an intimate journey into the life and music of Asian American Movement troubadour Chris Iijima.
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Reunion: West Indian Women at War
In 1943, 300 middle-class “coloured” women from across the West Indies were recruited to the ATS, a branch of the British Army during WW2.
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Hiroshima Nagasaki Download
Two former high school friends set out on a road trip from Vancouver, Canada, heading south towards the Mexican border to meet atomic bomb survivors of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
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Dreaming Rivers
This short fiction piece explores the thoughts and dreams of a middle-aged Afro-Caribbean immgrant in England on her deathbed.
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Diamonds in the Rough: A Ugandan Hip Hop Revolution
From the ashes of four decades of war, AIDS and corruption in Uganda, The Bataka Squad artists, Babaluku and Saba Saba, rise to forge a revolutionary path using music.
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AWOL
Keisha Johnson, an African American soldier, goes AWOL in Iraq after she flees a violent incident.
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Among the First to Die
This is the story of one of the first American casualties of the War against Terror - Lance Corporal Jose Gutierrez, a 28-year-old Guatemalan, who joined the Marines because "he wanted to give back a little bit to his adopted country,"
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A Time of Victory: Nine Years of War in El Salvador
A portrait of nine years of revolutionary war and counterinsurgency in El Salvador.
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A Time of Daring (Tiempo de audacia)
Scenes from both sides of the Salvadorian Civil War: U.S. advisors with government troops on one side and guerrilla fighters and their supporters on the other.
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