An act of conscience
Film et Vidéo
- Auteurs : Leppzer Robbie ; Sheen Martin (1940-....) ;
- Editeurs : Watertown, Mass. Documentary Educational Resources ;
- Date d'édition : 2014
- Sujets : Pacifistes -- DVD -- États-Unis -- Massachusetts (États-Unis), Fraude fiscale, Résistance passive, Saisie immobilière, Films ethnographiques DVD États-Unis
- Langue(s) : Anglais
- Description matérielle : 1 DVD mono face toutes zones (1 h 30 min), : Coul., sonore
- Pays de publication : États-Unis
- Collection (notice d'ensemble) : Turning Tide, : The Robbie Leppzer collection.
Notes
Version en anglais
Résumé
Indiqué sur la jaquette : For Randy Kekler and Betsy Corner of Colrain, Massachusetts, their life-long commitment to pacifism led them to risk losing their home. For fourten years, they publicy refused to pay federal taxes as a protest against war and military spending. As a consequence, their home was seized by U.S. marshals and IRS agents. This feature-length documentary chronicles the couple's five-year struggle to nonviolently resist the seizure of their home, in which they are joined by hundreds of supporters from across the country. When a young couple buys the contested home at auction from the U.S. government for 5,400 dollars, they become involved in a political and moral battle much larger than what they originally bargained for. An act of conscience provides a compelling and thought-provoking glimpse of the conflict between these two families : one couple reaching for the American Dream, the other challenging the very foundation of that dream.