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Worcester State College Campus News
Item Released 2/10/06 Filmmaker of "Peace Patriots" to speak Award-winning, independent filmmaker Robbie Leppzer will speak and lead a discussion following the screening of his latest feature film documentary, “The Peace Patriots,” narrated by Janeane Garofalo, at 6:30 p.m., Thursday, March 2, 2006, in the Multimedia Auditorium (Room 102) of the Ghosh Center for Science and Technology. The film chronicles the story of peace activists living in the Connecticut River Valley of western Massachusetts who oppose the U.S. invasion and on-going military occupation of Iraq. This 78-minute film follows a diverse group of individuals, ranging in age from 13 to 74, including middle and high school students, college students, teachers, clergy, community activists, and war veterans from Korea, Vietnam and the Persian Gulf, as they take part in vigils, marches, theater performances, and civil disobedience sit-ins to protest the war. This event, which is sponsored by WSC’s Department of Communications and the Center for Community Media and Global Studies, is free and open to the public.
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