Friday, April 22, 2016
Resistance
Here it is 2016 and the anti-war activities of the 70s still resonate.
Today's film is about the ransacking of the FBI office in Media Pennsylvania.
Activists break into the Media Pennsylvania FBI office and steal documents which blatantly describe abuses by agents as directed by none other than J. Edgar Hoover.
There is nothing new here but the people involved are clear from any prosecution and therefore are free to talk for the first time about what happened.
For many, this is probably ancient history but it was during my time as a budding anti-warist.
It is well done, concise, clear. Families are shown to demonstrate the level of risk these people took.
I am enough of an old lefty to enjoy this. It is scandal porn. Nothing new for Nixon and his gang but I lived through it and I am happy to see it run out again for the next generations to see what can happen in the "land of the free".
This was the beginning of other more elaborate scandals involving the FBI and other government branches.
We know it could happen again but films like this will keep the experiences of this period green.
Labels: anti-war, documentary, films
