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Pacem in Terris Film Library Pacem in Terris Film Library The following films are available for borrowing from Pacem in Terris. If you would like to borrow one, get in touch with us here. “This movie takes you behind the glitz and into the real lives of workers Wal-Mart: The High and their families, business owners, and their communities in an 1 Cost of Low Price extraordinary journey that will challenge the way you think, feel….and shop.” “Veteran journalist Bill Moyers, award-winning producer Kathleen Hughes, and their investigative team piece together the reporting and Bill Moyer’s Journal: 2 political spin that shaped the public mind prior to, during, and following Buying the War the 2003 invasion. Exposing the disappearance of a watchdog mentality in mainstream newspaper and TV journalism.” Howard Zinn: You “This acclaimed film looks at the amazing life of the renowned historian, 3 can’t be neutral on a activist, and author, Peter Zinn. Zinn is the author of “A People’s History moving train of the United States. He is an extraordinary man who served as a catalyst for progressive change for over 60 years.” 4 “Award-winning filmmaker Robert Greenwald and Brave New Rethink Afghanistan Foundation deliver a ground-breaking documentary that shatters all perceived truths behind the war in Afghanistan.” The End of Suburbia: Oil “The End of Suburbia explores the American Way of Life and its prospects 5 Depletion and the Collapseas the planet approaches a critical era, as global demand for fossil fuels of the American Dream begins to outstrip supply.” “An unforgettable and shocking wake up call, A CRUDE AWAKENING offers a rock-solid argument that the era of cheap oil is passed. Relentless A Crude Awakening: 6 and clear eyed, this intensively researched film drills deep into the The Oil Crash uncomfortable realities of a world that is both addicted to fossil fuels and blissfully unaware of the looming “peak oil” crisis.” “An in-depth documentary film on a former Marine’s experience in Iraq, “From the Mills River economic conscript, the price he paid to tell the “real truth” about the to Babylon and war, unscrupulous recruitment practices, PTSD, depleted uranium use by 7 Back….The Jimmy the U.S. and how the democracy of the United States was compromised Massey Story” by an administration who led us into a conflict that never should have been fought.” A hilariously scathing indictment of America’s failing health system. Combining powerful personal testimonials with shocking statistics, 8 Sicko Moore pull the curtain back on the greedy HMOs, drug companies and congressmen who keep us ill.” A award-winning documentary directed by Irena Salina. It investigates Flow: For the Love of what experts label the most important political and environmental issue 9 Water2008 of the 21st Century – The World Water Crisis. Salina builds a case against the growing privatization of the world’s dwindling fresh water supply. “In presenting a fireball of a movie that might change your life, Moore Capitalism: A Love 10 skewers both major political parties for selling out the millions of people Story devastated by loss of homes and jobs to interest the fat capitalists.” “Three years in the making, CRUDE tells the epic story of one of the Crude: The Real Price largest and most controversial legal cases on the planet: the infamous $27 11 of Oil billion “Amazon Chernobyl” lawsuit pitting 30,000 rainforest dwellers in Ecuador against the U.S. oil giant Chevron.” The notion that oil motivates America’s military engagements in the 12 Blood and Oil Middle East has long been dismissed as a nonsense or mere conspiracy theory. BLOOD AND OIL challenges this conventional wisdom to correct the historical record. “This film demonstrates the brutal reality of the America’s notion of The War on “spreading democracy”; that, in fact America is actually conducting a war 13 Democracy on democracy and the true popular democracy is now more likely to be found among the poorest of Latin American countries.” “This film portrays the relationship between Jamacian poverty and the 14 Life & Debt practices of international lending agencies while driving home the devastating consequences of globalization.” “This program taps the powerful yearnings of two peoples as they pursue and preserve their nationalist goals of returning to their ideal historic Arab & Jew: Return to 15 land. This movie illustrates both unchanging views and an evolution of the Promised Land attitudes by Israelis and Palestinians from before and after the Oslo peace process.” OFF TO WAR tracks the citizen soldiers of the Arkansas National Guard as they came face to face with the horrors of war. This is the first film to Off to War: From 16 track soldiers from the beginning to the end of their experience at war. It Rural Arkansas to Iraq documents the war through scenes of everything from full-scale combat to the birth of a first child to a soldier’s funeral. This film tells the story of Daniel Ellsberg, a high-level Pentagon official The Most Dangerous who leaked 7,000 pages worth of classified documents to the New York Man in America: Times, proving to the American people that the Vietnam war was based 17 Daniel Ellsberg and on decades of lie and deception and triggering a string of events that led the Pentagon Papers directly to Watergate, the end of the Vietnam war, and Nixon’s resignation. This movie illustrates a three year comprehensive study designed to delve Justice for All: The 18 into the minds of youth who commit minor crimes and examine how the Documentary justice system is designed to rehabilitate young offenders. Ending U.S. Sponsored Torture: A 19 An examination of torture and what people of all faiths can do to end it. Study for People of Faith A movie based on the letters of Pastor Charles Doyle to his friends and congregation. In moving prose, Doyle describes his anger and resentment 20 Poet of Poverty about America’s neglect for the poorest city in America: Camden, New Jersey. This film examines the roots of terrorism and documents the experiences of three young British Muslims who take a reckless journey into The Road to Afghanistan just as the coalition bombs Al-Qaeda strongholds. American 21 Guantanamo troops capture the young men and send them to Guantanamo where they come face to face with the harsh realities of the American war on terrorism, until British intelligence makes a startling discovery. This film documents the success of a Serbian student-led, pro-democracy movement called Otpor! The group led a non-violent campaign to oust the Bringing Down A 22 Serbian leader, Slobodan Milosevic who incited war and genocide in the Dictator former Yugoslavia. Through their courage and audacity they were successful in creating change. This movie explores the shift of American military model to private Iraq for Sale: The War contractors. It examines the abuses of these contractors in Iraq and 23 Profiteers implications of the danger of continuing the process of privatizing our defense forces. War Made Easy: How This film examines how journalists fail to fulfill their role as government Presidents and watchdogs in the face of war. Drawing from evidence throughout history, 24 Pundits Keep the filmmakers find that journalist comply and promote government Spinning Us to Death agendas for war. “Informative and provocative, this documentary presents different points of view, which illuminate the turbulent reality of Latin America, demystify 25 Hidden in Plain Sight the policy-making process, and shed light on some of the most complex and urgent problems facing U.S. citizens today.” This film follows the work of truth commissions who document human rights abuses, search for patterns, and make recommendations on how to 26 Confronting the Truth transform and prevent violent conflicts. The film follows the truth commissions in South Africa, Peru, East Timor, and Morocco. “A FORCE MORE POWERFUL is a two-part documentary series on one 27 A Force More of the 20th century’s most important and least-known stories-how Powerful nonviolent power overcame oppression and authoritarian rule.” “A powerful documentary film on the current and historical root causes of Occupation 101: the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict and U.S. Government involvement. The 28 Voices of the Silenced film is presented through a series of highly-stylized visual edits and Majority accompanied with thought provoking commentaries. A provocative investigation on one of the fastest growing industries in the United States: the garbage business. This film examines a fundamental 29 Trashed element of modern American culture….the disposal of what our society defines as “waste” and effect of this waste on the environment. The film in an astonishing exploration of the dark side of Christianity. Film maker, James Carroll is a practicing Catholic who 30 Constantine’s Sword confronts persecution and violence in the name of God—both in the past and today. “Armed with an acoustic guitar and a video camera, musician Michael Franti takes us on a musical journey through war and occupation in Iraq, 31 I Know I’m Not Alone Israel, and Palestine. Along the way, he shares his music with families, doctors, musicians, soldiers and everyday people who in return reveal to him the overlooked human costs of war.” “BEYOND BARBED WIRE” recounts the struggle that the offspring of 32 Beyond Barbed Wire interned Japanese Americans faced when they fought for America in WWII. This film follows the remarkable career journey of Carroll Pickett, who served 15 years as the death house chaplain in the infamous “Walls” 33 At Deaths Door prison in Huntsville, Texas. He ministered 95 men who were executed, no inmate’s execution would haunt him more than that of Carlos De Luna, a young convict who he firmly believed was innocent.
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