The Catonsville Nine : investigation of a flame / a film by Lynne Sachs ; produced, directed, photographed and edited by Lynne Sachs.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Sachs, Lynne, film producer, film director, director of photography, editor of moving image work.

Icarus Films, distributor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Catonsville Nine.

Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Protest movements--United States.

Vietnam War, 1961-1975.

Government, Resistance to--United States--History--20th century.

Government, Resistance to.

Peace movements--United States--History--20th century.

Peace movements.

Civil disobedience--United States--History--20th century.

Civil disobedience.

Catonsville (Md.)--History.

Catonsville (Md.).

Genre:

Documentary films.

Nonfiction films.

Video recordings.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 video file (45 min.)) : sound, color and black and white

Other Title:

Investigation of a flame

Place of Publication:

[Brooklyn, New York] : Icarus Films, [2001]

Language Note:

Closed captioning available.

System Details:

System requirements: An Internet browser with HTML5 support.

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

On May 17, 1968 nine Vietnam War protesters, including a nurse, an artist and three priests, walked into a Catonsville, Maryland draft board office, grabbed hundreds of selective service records and incinerated them with homemade napalm. This film is an intimate look at this unlikely, disparate band of resisters - the Catonsville Nine as they came to be known - who broke the law in a poetic act of civil disobedience. The publicity and news coverage from the ensuing trial helped galvanize an increasingly disillusioned American public.

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from title frames (Docuseek2, viewed June 2, 2022).

Publisher Number:

if-inv Docuseek2

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.