Award-winning
video documentaries about contemporary
social issues, grassroots activism, and multicultural perspectives
produced by Turning Tide Productions.
Directed by nationally acclaimed independent filmmaker Robbie
Leppzer.
"A
Filmmaker Unafraid To Go Against The Tide" Rhonda
Stewart,THE
BOSTON GLOBE
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THE
PEACE PATRIOTS
NEW! DVD Available For Purchase On-Line
Watch Excerpts Of The Film
Film Available As A Fundraiser For Community
Activist Groups
Now Booking For Winter-Spring 2006 College
Speaking/Screening Tour
Narrated
by actress and Air America Radio host, Janeane Garofalo,
this new feature-length documentary is an intimate portrait
of American dissenters reflecting on their personal participation
as engaged citizens in a time of war. The 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, 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
U.S. invasion and on-going military occupation of Iraq.
Featuring
contemporary music by 2005 Grammy Award winner Steve Earle,
Pete Seeger, Ani DiFranco, Billy Bragg, Jonatha Brooke, Stephan
Smith, Saul Williams, DJ Spooky, and original music by John
Sheldon.
THE
PEACE PATRIOTS gives us hope and inspiration.
I hope it will be shown widely.
Howard Zinn Author
of A PEOPLE'S HISTORY OF THE
UNITED STATES
Director Robbie Leppzer will be conducting a college speaking
and screening tour throughout 2006 with THE PEACE PATRIOTS.
(See below.)
Award-winning
independent documentary filmmaker Robbie
Leppzer is available for speaking
engagements on college campuses to screen and discuss
his work chronicling 25 years of grassroots social movements.
He will be conducting a college film screening and speaking
tour throughout 2006 with his latest feature documentary,THE PEACE
PATRIOTS. In addition, he is available to screen
a selected retrospective of his documentary films about contemporary
social issues, grassroots activism, and multicultural perspectives.
To inquire, call us toll-free at 1-800-557-6414 or send
us an email. Download
Leppzer Speaking Tour Flyer (PDF) Download
Peace Patriots Flyer
(PDF)
(PDF Format - requires free Adobe
Acrobat Reader.)
"Filmmaker
Robbie Leppzer is remarkably sensitive regarding the nuances
of his subject matter and protagonists. The result is filmmaking
that is both compelling and thought provoking."
Geoff
Gilmore
Director of
Programming, Sundance Film Festival
We
have produced a series of full-length video talks by noted authors
and journalists addressing the critical issues of our times.
Videos in the series include:
JIM
HIGHTOWER : "Take Back America"
AMY
GOODMAN : "Free Speech & Independent Media"
SCOTT
RITTER : "The Bushwacking of America"
DANIEL
ELLSBERG : "Secrets & Lies: Vietnam To Iraq"
DR.
VANDANA SHIVA: "Making Another World Possible"
DR.
HELEN CALDICOTT: "The New Nuclear Danger"
NOAM CHOMSKY: "Why Iraq?"
HOWARD
ZINN: "War and Terrorism"
Hear
the voices which are being ignored or only given superficial
treatment by the mainstream media. Use these videos as discussion
catalysts for your family, friends, and community at schools,
workplaces, community centers, libraries, religious organizations,
and in your own living room.
AN
ACT OF CONSCIENCE Narrated by actor Martin Sheen, this
feature-length documentary chronicles the story of a family in
western Massachusetts whose home was seized by federal marshals
and IRS agents after they publicly refused to pay federal taxes
as a protest against war and military spending. World Premiere,
Sundance Film Festival. Nationally broadcast on Cinemax, Sundance
Channe, and Free Speech TV. 90
minutes VHS Video
"AN
ACT OF CONSCIENCE is one of the most deeply moving
films Ive seen in years. Seeing this movie lifts your spirits,
exhilarates, and offers hope."
Studs
Terkel
Author of WORKING
and "THE GOOD WAR"
VOICES
FOR PEACE
A documentary about the first national anti-war demonstrations
which took place in Washington, DC and New York City following
the September 11 attacks. Featuring Nobel Peace Prize laureates
Mairead Maguire and Adolfo Perez Esquivel, James Creedon, World
Trade Tower rescue worker, Amy Goodman, Pacifica Radio journalist
and more. An effective discussion catalyst to widen the scope
of debate about U.S. responses to terrorism.
Nationally broadcast on Free
Speech TV.
25
minutes VHS Video
"VOICES
FOR PEACE is an inspirational boost, letting those
who oppose war know they are not alone."
Howard Zinn
Author of A Peoples
History of the United States
Browse
our video collectionof
16 social issue and multicultural video documentaries available
for purchase by educational institutions, community organizations,
and individuals. Topics include: Contemporary Social Movements,
The Americas, Indigenous People, The Vietnam War, Multicultural
Arts, and Substance Abuse.
Turning
Tide Productions offers an array of digital
video services including DVD Authoring, Videography, Editing,
Field Producing, and Directing.
We even do weddings and
commitment ceremonies!
Photo
Credits: All website photos by Robbie Leppzer, unless otherwise noted.
Intro
Page Photo Credits: Richard Bancroft (upper right), Sara Elinoff (lower
right).
Home
Page Photo Credits: Diane Greene Lent (VOICES FOR PEACE cover), Richard
Bancroft (catalog cover), Sara Elinoff (Leppzer photos).
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