Blood makes the grass grow / Forward Presence Productions ; produced and directed by Franco Pante, Tom Turnbull.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Pante, Franco, producer, director.

Turnbull, Tom, producer, director.

Kramer, John, narrator.

Forward Presence Productions, production company.

Series:

Academic Video Online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Conscientious objection.

Conscientious objectors--United States--Personal narratives.

Conscientious objectors.

Persian Gulf War, 1991--Moral and ethical aspects.

Persian Gulf War, 1991.

Soldiers--United States.

Soldiers.

United States--History, Military--20th century.

United States.

Genre:

Documentary films.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (47 minutes)

Place of Publication:

San Francisco, CA : Video Project, 1997.

Language Note:

In English.

System Details:

data file

Summary:

Blood Makes the Grass Grow raises critical questions for those considering enlistment, for service people contemplating conscientious objection, and for anyone concerned with basic issues of militarism in a democratic society. This film features four men and two women who were among the 2,500 U.S. soldiers who attempted to become conscientious objectors during the Gulf War. They joined the military for the same reasons that nearly 400,000 recruits sign up each year - to get a job or money for college, to fulfill a sense of duty, to "be all they can be." The stories of the objectors illuminate the striking transformations they underwent - from raw teenage recruits to responsible adults, willing to take a moral stand despite the personal consequences. Their resistance was met with threats ranging from dishonorable discharge to the death penalty.

Notes:

Title from resource description page (viewed April 03, 2017).

OCLC:

986379011