Silent America

Not in our name is the rallying cry for thousands of Americans who continue to oppose the war in Iraq. After a difficult beginning, the peace movement grows every day. The film Not In Our Name charts the struggle of these concerned citizens to make their voices heard.

Now, their voices are at last being heard. A radical and opportune appeal for citizens to act.

This tight and well-researched documentary provides a stimulating encounter with the very diverse representatives of Americas anti-war movement, who, for three years, have been protesting the Bush administrations policies, as well as the obsequiousness of the media and the attacks on civil rights orchestrated by neo-conservative forces and their Patriot Act. Whether they be from artistic, intellectual or political circles, parents of troops in Iraq, deserters or veterans, devout or secular activists, these voices that America didnt want to hear are gradually breaking through the silence and indifference of the ...