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Los Angeles, CA – 11/19/2017
Please join us for a FREE SCREENING of Paying the Price for Peace: The Story of S. Brian Willson.
Date: Sunday, November19th
Time: 6:30 pm
Place: The Heal One World studio
3503 W Pico Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90019
Webpage: www.payingthepriceforpeace.com
Trailer: https://vimeo.com/183916984
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ATTAC Festival of Cinema, Brussels Belgium – Nov 16, 2017
Paying the Price for Peace Premiers in Europe!
Paying the Price for Peace: The Story of S. Brian Willson, or in French, “La Prix De La Paix: L’histoire de S. Brian Willson” will be screening on Thursday, November 16th for the ATTAC Festival of Cinema
Download the French language flyer of the le Cinema d’attac screening of Paying The Price For Peace here: Cinéma (Paying TRACT 16 novembre 2017)
When & Where:
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Thursday, November 16, 2017
Start 7:50 PM -
Cinéma Aventure
Galerie du Centre, 57
1000 Brussels
For more information, visit http://bxl.attac.be/spip/spip.php?article1284
The English Translation of the poster reads:
His name is Brian Willson and he served in the US Air Force from 1966
to 1970 during the Vietnam War.
From the rice fields of Indochina, he returned "galvanized" -and pledges to forever denounce the belligerent policies of the United States.
After completing law studies at the American University of Washington
D.C., Willson passes the bar exam to analyze and challenge – as a lawyer
– the foreign policy pursued by the White House in 20 countries … Each
time, it leads Brian to the same devastating conclusions: the United
States knowingly violates the US Constitution and international laws-
which prohibit wars of aggression and war crimes. But Willson does not
intend to confine himself to the role of expert-lawyer. He also becomes
a field activist, an effective proselyte "for peace", works as an educator, participates in long hunger strikes, carries out acts of civil disobedience, and invites citizens to refuse to pay taxes to the federal government.
Then on the 1st of September 1987. while campaigning against US arms
being sent to Central America as part of the US supported Contra War,
Willson and other Veterans for Peace lie on the rails in Concord Station Weapons Station (California). But the train they intend to block does not stop and runs over them. Willson loses both legs up to the knees, and also suffers a severe fracture of the skull, with loss of the right frontal lobe. But he miraculously, he survives after surgery. Later, this former Vietnam war protester with exemplary courage will find out that he was placed by the FBI on a list of suspects accused of “domestic terrorism” at the request of President Reagan, and that the conductors of the train had received, that day, the order not to stop the train.
In Paying the Price for Peace, a series of veterans, journalists, historians
tell how they have experienced and been through American wars in
recent decades. Their words are illustrated by archival images and rare
footage often unpublished – especially those filmed by themselves. It is
a documentary of incredible strength.
Rocky River, OH – November 11, 2017
FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
Download the 11/11/17 Free Screening Paying the Price for Peace Full Page Flyer
Peace on Earth Film Festival (POEFF) – March 2017
The 2017 Peace On Earth Film Festival (POEFF) committee announced that both “Paying the Price for Peace” has been chosen as an Official Selection of the 2017 – Ninth Annual Peace On Earth Film Festival, scheduled for the long weekend of Friday March 10 – Sunday, March 12, at the Music Box Theater (the premiere venue in Chicago for the latest in foreign and independent films). Our film is one of the 32 entries selected from a field of 125 submissions.
Albuquerque, NM – Dec 16th, 2016
P&J Movie Night: Paying The Price For Peace about Vietnam veteran and peace activist S. Brian Willson, co-sponsored by Veterans for Peace: Albuquerque Chapter at the Albuquerque Center for Peace and Justice.
Free Speech Film Festival – December 2016
We are proud to announce that our film, “Paying the Price for Peace,” is one of the final six “Official Selection” films of American INSIGHT’s 2016 Free Speech Film Festival!
American Insights’s 2016 Free Speech Film Festival ™ attracted 70 films by (or about) 32 different countries this year; and 41 citizens from 10 states across America and 7 countries around the world signed up to judge these films online.
Due to the potentially volatile nature of the Free Speech content that is submitted by filmmakers each year, they do not hold a “festival” of screenings. Instead, all six winning films are announced on the night of the Award Ceremony; and their filmmakers are featured for a period of one year on their websites, Free Speech Blog, and monthly newsletters. The competition this year was intense and the judging was close. Films were submitted on a variety of highly-charged global topics.
Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh PA – October 3rd, 2016
You are invited to a special screening of Paying the Price for Peace co-sponsored by the CreateLab/ School of Computer Science, at Carnegie Mellon University. Following the screening will be a Q&A with the filmmaker.
The East Campus Garage parking is Free after 5PM.
This screening is free and open to the public on a first come, first serve basis. Donations will be accepted at the door to help raise funds for the film’s fiscal sponsor, Beau Monde Image Foundation.
