The Boys Who Said No! (2020)

Directed by

Judith Ehrlich

Genre

documentary

Runtime

1h 30m

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary tells the story of the draft resistance movement in Oakland during the Vietnam War era. It features interviews with activists who opposed the war and refused to be drafted.

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What happens

The Boys Who Said No! is a 2020 American documentary film directed by Judith Ehrlich about the anti-war and draft resistance movement in Oakland, California, which developed in opposition to the United States' involvement in the Vietnam War in the late 1960s and early 1970s. The film features interviews with such activists as Joan Baez, Daniel Ellsberg, David Harris, Randy Kehler, Mark Rudd, Michael Ferber, and Cleveland Sellers. The Boys Who Said No! had its world premiere virtually at the Mill Valley Film Festival (MVFF) on October 8, 2020. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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