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Tag: nonviolence

Posted on May 25, 2017

Al Helm: Martin Luther King in Palestine (2014)

When a Gospel choir & the author of a play about Martin Luther King travel to Palestine to join with nonviolent Palestinians to produce the play they are surprised by what they discover is going on in the occupied land.

Posted on January 27, 2017January 27, 2018

Gandhi (1982)

The story of how Gandhi, regarded as the Father of India’s independence , from South Africa to his nonviolent revolution in India.

Posted on January 18, 2017January 22, 2017

Gandhi’s Gift (2016)

Photos, newsreel clips, interviews, & quotes, tell the story of Gandhi’s last days , from release from prison thru his campaign against violence & hatred that erupted when Pakistan separated from India.

Posted on January 16, 2014January 19, 2015

Boycott (2001)

The story of Dr. Luther King and the many brave men & women who engaged in the Montgomery Bus Boycott is told in great detail.

Posted on January 16, 2014February 14, 2020

The LONG WALK HOME (1990)

The impact of the Montgomery Bus Boycott is depicted through the experience of Odessa, a maid who works across town for a white family. Her influence on the wife upends her employers’ family.

Posted on March 15, 2013March 15, 2014

THE WAR (1994)

A Vietnam War vet father teaches his children tolerance and nonviolence, whereas at first the children engage in a war over a tree house, but come around.

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