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 We have compiled the following list of films recommended by Wilpf members and friends, all of whom have reviewed and/or screened the films. The source for each can be found by clicking on or Googling the title. If that doesn't work in any case, please contact Nancy McClintock.  nmcclintock(at)igc.org. This list is by no means complete, it will continue to be edited. If you wish to send us a comment received at your local showing, we would appreciate.

VIEW FROM A GRAIN OF SAND - is a journey through the last 30 years of Afghanistan's history as lived by three Afghan women. Shot over the last three years in Pakistan and Afghanistan, a doctor, teacher and social activist tell how their lives were violently affected by wars of international making and three different regimes in Afghanistan. Yet through all their loss, and the destruction of their homes and country, these women have endured. With courage, conviction and hope they continue to work on improving the lives of the people around them, against all odds, in this brutalized and divided nation.

A Force More Powerful - a three-hour documentary series, explores one of the 20th century's most important but least-understood stories - how nonviolent power has overcome oppression and authoritarian rule all over the world. Narrated by Ben Kingsley, and nominated for an Emmy, it premiered on PBS in September 2000. 

Caught in the Crossfire - when two planes hijacked by Islamic extremists destroyed the World Trade Center, the lives of this ethnic group changed within hours. Whether they like it or not, Americans of Arab origin are now caught in the crossfire of President Bush's war on terrorism. Many find themselves caught between belief in the American dream and dissent from American foreign policy, between empathy with victims and anger at being stereotyped, between their new lives in America and the powerful ties that bind them to their homelands.

Women Against Wars Wars Against Women - The World Social Forum 2004 in Mumbai, India promised to focus on women's issues. One of the first evening plenaries, Women Against Wars, Wars Against Women, lived up to all expectations with respect to that promise via a panel discussion with Nawal el Saddawi, Arundhati Roy, Saher Saba, & Irene Khan

Poison Dust - During the current Iraq War the U.S. use of radioactive Depleted Uranium weapons increased from 375 tons used in 1991 to 2200 tons. Geiger counter readings at sites in downtown Baghdad record radiation levels 1,000 and 2,000 times higher than background radiation. The Pentagon has bombed, occupied, tortured and contaminated Iraq. Millions of Iraqis are affected. Over one million U.S. soldiers have rotated into Iraq. Today, half of the 697,000 U.S. Gulf War troops from the 1991 war have reported serious medical problems and a significant increase in birth defects among their newborn children. The effects on the Iraqi population are far greater. Many other countries and U.S. communities near DU weapons plants, testing facilities, bases and arsenals have also been exposed to this radioactive material which has a half-life of 4.4 billions years

Ground Truth - Hailed as "powerful" and "quietly unflinching," Patricia Foulkrod's searing documentary feature includes exclusive footage that will stir audiences. The filmmaker's subjects are patriotic young Americans - ordinary men and women who heeded the call for military service in Iraq - as they experience recruitment and training, combat, homecoming, and the struggle to reintegrate with families and communities.

Bringing down a Dictator - documents the spectacular defeat of Slobodan Milosevic in October, 2000, not by force of arms, as many had predicted, but by an ingenious nonviolent strategy of honest elections and massive civil disobedience.

Iraq for Sale - The story of what happens to everyday Americans when corporations go to war.  Acclaimed director Robert Greenwald takes you inside the lives of soldiers, truck drivers, widows and children who have been changed forever as a result of profiteering in the reconstruction of Iraq.

LEADING THE WAY TO PEACE:  FOUR WOMEN PEACEMAKERS - The film documents the lives and work of four courageous women: Christiana Thorpe of Sierra Leone, currently serving as Chief Electoral Commissioner; Zarina Salamat of Pakistan, a leader in the peace movement between India and Pakistan; Shreen Abdul Saroor of Sri Lanka, one of the founders of Mannar Women’s Development Federation; and Luz Méndez of Guatemala, a respected gender activist who serves as President of the Advisory Board of the National Union of Guatemala.

Sir! No Sir! - the suppressed story of the GI movement to end the war in Vietnam

Last Best Chance -  is a docudrama that shows the threat posed by vulnerable nuclear weapons and materials around the world and underscores what the stakes are.  In the movie, al Qaeda operatives organize three separate operations aimed at getting nuclear weapons.

Uncovered: The War in Iraq - filmmaker Robert Greenwald chronicles the Bush Administration's determined quest to invade Iraq following the events of September 11, 2001. The film deconstructs the administration's case for war through interviews with U.S intelligence and defense officials, foreign service experts, and U.N. weapons inspectors.

Beyond Treason - What you don't know about your government could kill you... Department of Defense documents obtained through the Freedom of Information Act expose the horrific underworld of the disposable army mentality and the government funded experimentation upon US citizens conducted without their knowledge or consent.

911 Revisited - were explosives used to deliberately bring down the World Trade Center buildings on September 11, 2001?

Other films include: Biolab five scientists, Wilpf’s Raging Grannies Occupy a Recruiting Station, Banning the Bomb 2000 NPT Review Conference, Denial Stops Here: From 9-11 to Peak Oil and Beyond, and Occupation Diary