
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.... (Full plot summary below)
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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.
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| NewsdayGene SeymourThe Camden 28 not only examines the animating forces of protest, but also the nature of betrayal, forgiveness and, ultimately, compassion. |
| TV GuideKen FoxTimes have changed, but many of the questions remain the same: How far would you go to stop a war you felt was unjust? Would you break the law if you felt that law to be by nature unlawful? |
| Cinema CrazedFelix Vasquez Jr.If anything it also shows that dissent is a far gone notion in our modern society... |
| rec.arts.movies.reviewsLouis ProyectSuperlative documentary about 28 members of the Catholic left who defied the war machine in 1971--with plenty of relevance to the contemporary struggle to end the war in Iraq. |
| The A.V. ClubNathan RabinThough the filmmaking is pedestrian, The Camden 28's timeless truths come through with resounding power. |
| New York Magazine/VultureDavid EdelsteinThe Camden 28 is slapdash: more talking heads, reunion footage with the mother reading from her own testimony, newscasts of the day. But the editing supplies some urgency, and the subjects remain radiant yet down-to-earth--too good-humored to be beatific. |
| New York TimesMatt Zoller SeitzScene for scene, The Camden 28 is a brilliant merger of political outrage and filmmaking chops, and the most suspenseful movie in theaters right now. |
| Reel.comTimothy KnightA vivid and impassioned chronicle of unwavering moral courage under extreme duress. |
| Salon.comAndrew O'HehirNot exactly blazing cinema, but intellectually riveting. |
| Chicago ReaderJ.R. JonesThe video lapses into self-congratulation near the end, as many of the principals reunite for a 2002 retrospective, but for the most part this is a powerful tale of conscience, betrayal, and forgiveness. |