Lt. Watada : a matter of conscience / Martin Sheen presents ; director, writer, producer Freida Mock.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Sheen, Martin, presenter.

Mock, Freida Lee, director, producer, screenwriter.

American Film Foundation, production company.

Series:

Academic Video Online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Watada, Ehren.

Iraq War, 2003-2011--Conscientious objectors--United States.

Iraq War, 2003-2011.

Soldiers--United States--Biography.

Soldiers.

Genre:

Biographical films.

Documentary films.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (62 minutes)

Place of Publication:

Santa Monica, Calif. : American Film Foundation, [2010]

Language Note:

In English.

System Details:

data file

Summary:

Lt. Watada tells a David and Goliath story about a young army officer willing to face court-martial and eight years in prison rather than be a party to war crimes. Lt. Watada is the first military officer to refuse to deploy to Iraq and to speak out that the war is illegal and a violation of his oath to the Constitution. The film is a cliffhanger as it dramatizes what it means for a lone soldier to publicly challenge Presidential war policy in order to fulfill his duty as an officer, to follow the rule of law and to honor his Oath.

Notes:

Title from resource description page (viewed July 20, 2017).

Editor: Brian Johnson.

OCLC:

1000258377