On Tues., Apr. 17, at 7:00 p.m., a fundraiser for legal expenses of those arrested in connection with port militarization resistance at the Port of Tacoma in March will be held in Olympia (location below).[1]  --  It will feature a screening of "The Camden 28," a documentary film about the trial in 1971 of 28 war resisters in Camden, NJ, that was released in 2006.  --  Reviewing the film, Amy Longsdorf wrote in the Courier-Post (Cherry Hill, NJ) said that it "doesn't mention the war in Iraq, yet speaks volumes about the ongoing conflict."  --  Material about the film from its web site is reproduced below.[2] ...

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WHAT:  Fundraiser for legal fees from port militarization resistance -- showing of "The Camden 28" (Anthony Giacchino, director; 2006)
WHO:  UU Social Justice Committee event for Tacoma PMR arrestees
WHEN:  Tuesday, April 17, 2007 -- 7:00 p.m.
WHERE:  Unitarian Universalist Church, 2200 East End St. NW (off Division & Elliott), Olympia, WA 98502

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[Material from the film's web site]

THE CAMDEN 28 (2006)

http://www.camden28.org/

THE STORY

In the early-morning hours of Sunday, August 22, 1971, FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover and Attorney General John Mitchell announced that FBI agents had arrested 20 antiwar activists in and near a draft board office in Camden, New Jersey. Five days later, Mitchell made public the indictment of these individuals and included eight others who were linked to the break-in. The major charges against the group were conspiracy to remove and destroy files from the draft board, FBI office, and the Army Intelligence office; destruction of government property and interfering with the Selective Service system. If convicted, some of the indicted faced up to 47 years in federal prison. The men and women arrested that summer of ’71 in Camden called themselves “America’s conscience.” The government called them the Camden 28.

Surprisingly, included among the Camden 28 were four Catholic priests and one Lutheran minister. All but one of the remaining 23 were Catholic laypeople. All were part of a nonviolent antiwar movement the government and the media referred to as the “Catholic Left.” One of the most dramatic tactics utilized by this movement was breaking into Selective Service offices across the country to remove and destroy government draft records that identified young men available for military service. The activists claimed that their civil disobedience was meant to call attention to their belief that killing -- even in war -- was morally indefensible. They targeted the draft for the simple fact that it was the clearest symbol of that immorality because it compelled citizens to kill. Between 1967 and 1971, members of the “Catholic Left” claimed responsibility for over 30 draft board raids and the destruction of close to a million Selective Service documents. By 1971, the “Catholic Left” had become one of the most inventive forces of the antiwar movement.

The surprise arrest and unorthodox trial of the Camden 28 is a story of friendship and betrayal played out against the backdrop of one of the most turbulent periods in recent American history.

During the more than two months the defense took to present its case, each of the defendants spoke at length, often with moving eloquence. In an unusual arrangement three young lawyers aided the activists who chose either to act as their own lawyers or to have “co-counsel,” in which defendants could both speak for themselves and have an attorney speak for them. Far from pleading innocent to the charges, they proudly proclaimed their guilt. “I ripped up those files with my hands,” declared the Rev. Peter D. Fordi, adding, “They were the instruments of destruction.” The Camden activists asked the jury to “nullify the laws” against breaking and entering and to acquit them as a means of saying that the country had had enough of the “illegal and immoral” war in Vietnam. They also asked the jury to acquit on the grounds that the raid would not have taken place without the help of a self-admitted FBI informer and provocateur. The defendants emphasized that they had given up their plan, for lack of a practical means, until the informer-provocateur had resurrected it and provided them with the encouragement and tools to carry it out.

After three and a half months, the case went to the jury. Judge Fisher’s charge broke new legal ground. Despite the fact that the defendants admitted plotting the action before the informer appeared, Judge Fisher informed the jury they could acquit if they felt government participation in setting up the crime had gone to “intolerable” lengths that were “offensive to the basic standards of decency and shocking to the universal sense of justice.” However, he added that although it was in their power, it would not be proper to decide the verdict on the issue of the war, and that "protest is not an acceptable legal defense, as sincerely motivated as I think they were." After three days of deliberations, a jury of seven women and five men returned a verdict of not guilty on all charges against the antiwar activists. According to the *New York Times*, at that moment, “the defendants . . . and 200 supporters . . . burst into cheers, wept, hugged one another and sang a chorus of 'Amazing Grace.'” The acquittals represented the first complete legal victory for the antiwar movement in five years of such draft board actions.

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[Film reviews]

ANYTHING BUT PREDICTABLE
By Amy Longsdorf

Courier-Post (Cherry Hill, NJ)
March 26, 2006

Anthony Giacchino's "The Camden 28" probably won't draw angry protesters like Michael Moore's films usually do. But, in its own way, the documentary is strong stuff.

The invigorating film takes a look at a handful of Vietnam protesters who, following the lead of other peace demonstrators around the country, decided to break into the Camden draft board and destroy as many documents as they could get their hands on.

Checking in with the activists more than 30 years later, Giacchino finds people willing to put their actions on that hot August night under a microscope. The filmmaker talks with members of the group as well as law enforcement officers, attorneys, and, most movingly, the mother of one of "the Camden 28" who lost a son in Vietnam.

"The Camden 28," which makes its world premiere at the 15th Annual Philadelphia Film Festival on April 1 (at International House) and April 2 (at the Prince Music Theater), epitomizes the feisty energy of many of the films screening at this year's bash.

If you're looking for safe entertainment, with predictable plots and easily digestible characters, look elsewhere. The Philadelphia Film Festival has an eye for the offbeat and unusual. Where else could you find a documentary ("Hard Coal") about the plight of Pennsylvania coal miners next to a musical ("20 Centimeters") about a narcoleptic pre-op transsexual? The festival kicks off Thursday and runs through April 11.

'CAMDEN 28' GETS TIMING RIGHT

Arguably the strongest program in the Philadelphia Film Festival is the one devoted to documentaries. There are tributes to everyone from the members of a Seattle girls' basketball team ("Heart of the Game") to a quartet of elderly tap-dancers ("Been Rich All My Life").

You won't find a more timely movie in the festival than "The Camden 28," which doesn't mention the war in Iraq, yet speaks volumes about the ongoing conflict. Edgewater Park native Anthony Giacchino came up with the idea for the film about 10 years ago when he became acquainted with Father Michael Doyle, who is the pastor at the Sacred Heart Church in Camden, where the Giacchino family worships.

Through Doyle, Giacchino got to know other members of the "Catholic Left" who were so committed to peace in the early '70s they were willing to put their livelihoods on the line to help stop the war.

"I think one of the reasons the movie works is that it's about how far people are willing to go to make a difference," says Giacchino, who graduated in 1988 from Holy Cross High School and now works as a producer for the History Channel. "These people were willing to follow through on their beliefs to an incredible degree."

Budgeted at $60,000, the film was a labor of love for Giacchino (whose brother Michael is a renowned composer who has written the scores for "The Incredibles" and the upcoming Mission: Impossible III.) Anthony financed "The Camden 28" with his own money and resources he netted during fundraisers at local churches.

"The people of South Jersey really stepped up, and contributed a lot of money," reports Giacchino.

"I couldn't be happier that the film is going to be shown for the first time in Philadelphia. I really hope (audiences come away) thinking about the war in Iraq and how no protest is too insignificant."

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A PARALLEL ANTIWAR PAST
By Dwight Ott

Philadelphia Inqurer
November 7, 2005

http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/news/local/states/new_jersey/13101588.htm

It has been a nine-year labor of love for Anthony Giacchino, 36, and he was showing off the near-finished product.

His efforts got their first feedback Friday night: a standing ovation from an audience of about 500 who paid $28 apiece and jammed Gordon Theater at Rutgers University-Camden to see his new film, "The Camden 28," about a group of Vietnam War protesters who were arrested and put on trial in the early 1970s.

"I thought it was very powerful," said Camden Councilman Angel Fuentes, adding that he would try to have the film shown in Camden schools.

"It wasn't just about Vietnam. It was about Camden, about encouraging the federal government to spend money on places like Camden rather than war," Fuentes said. He said the Camden 28 were not just protesting the war but also conditions in Camden -- the result of spending billions on fighting instead of on saving inner-city children.

"What I got out of this was the need for grassroots people to take a stand . . . against social injustice, against poverty, inadequate housing, and other problems," Fuentes said. "It really inspired me."

When he started out, Giacchino said, he did not know that another war, this one in Iraq, would produce striking parallels to the conditions that had fueled the Camden 28.

"Because of what is going on in the world, I think people will really be interested in the movie," the baby-faced Giacchino said in an interview before the presentation.

He previewed his unfinished documentary -- he emphasized the word previewed, rather than premiered -- before an audience that included a number of the so-called Catholic Left who had participated in Camden's version of the Boston Tea Party.

"The Camden 28" is the first feature-length film as solo director for Giacchino, who has worked as a producer in television and documentary filmmaking, including freelance work for the History Channel, since 1994.

Giacchino, who has a double degree in history and German from Villanova University, earned a Fulbright for study in Germany and taught there after graduating in 1992. In February, he finished codirecting "The Time Bomb," an exploration of how the 1945 bombing of Dresden is remembered in Germany today.

"The inspiration to make a documentary about the Camden 28 was born nine years ago," Giacchino said. "Dave Dougherty, a high school friend" -- who later became the movie's cinematographer -- "and I had been looking for a local historical subject that would make an interesting film. I had been encouraged by a family friend to hear the story of the Camden 28 from one of its participants, the Rev. Michael Doyle."

Doyle also happened to be pastor of the church to which the family drove 30 miles every Sunday -- Sacred Heart in Camden. The year of the Camden 28 was 1971, a year when riots devastated what was one of the poorest cities in the nation.

Camden became a center of controversy after activists broke into the U.S. Postal Service building and the draft board's office inside, where they shredded records related to the military draft for two hours and stuffed other documents into bags.

But as they prepared to leave, they were swarmed by FBI agents, tipped off by someone they had considered one of their own. As they were arrested, the FBI was already tracking down 20 coconspirators.

Doyle, one of those who broke into the draft board office and was arrested, remains one of the region's most outspoken voices for the poor. At the Camden 28 trial, his eloquence helped sway the jury to acquit.

The unorthodox 1973 trial of the Camden 28 captured national headlines. The judge -- Clarkson Fisher, now deceased -- allowed defendants to represent themselves, one of many unusual latitudes he afforded. The judge also allowed witnesses to read poetry; play a Peter, Paul and Mary song; offer personal testimony; and juxtapose pictures of Vietnamese children burned by napalm with pictures of Camden on fire.

The 28 did not deny the charges, and the case was said to be the only one of its kind to end in acquittal despite no claim of innocence.

After nine years of work on weekends and spending close to $30,000, Giacchino and his coworkers are trying to raise another $30,000 to complete the film, which he thinks has important lessons.

As the controversy over misinformation regarding weapons of mass destruction in Iraq has deepened, Giacchino said in the interview, "revelations about the Gulf of Tonkin, which [President Lyndon] Johnson based the whole war on," have come to light in a previously classified report accusing officials of distorting information on the attack.

Asked about a comparison with the work of Michael Moore, Giacchino said that while Moore's films are based on opinion, "this is a documentary."

"The movie has particular significance for a city like Camden," he said. "The government goes on military adventures like Iraq, spending billions, while cities like Camden are falling apart . . . . I hope it will rally people against war."

--Contact staff writer Dwight Ott at 856-779-3844 or dott@phillynews.com.

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THE CAMDEN 28

"We are twenty-eight men and women who, together with other resisters across the country, are trying with our lives to say 'no' to the madness we see perpetrated by our government in the name of the American people -- the madness of our Vietnam policy, of the arms race, of our neglected cities and inhuman prisons. We do not believe that it is criminal to destroy pieces of paper which are used to bind men to involuntary servitude, which train these men to kill, and which send them to possibility die in an unjust, immoral, and illegal war. We stand for life and freedom and the building of communities of true friendship. We will continue to speak out and act for peace and justice, knowing that our spirit of resistance cannot be jailed or broken.

--These biographies were originally written before the 1973 trial. This page is a recreation of a pamphlet that the defendants published about themselves.

JAYMA ABDOO, 20, is a graduate of Immaculate Heart Academy in Bergen County, NJ, where she was the senior class coordinator. Her involvement with anti-war activities began with the McCarthy campaign in 1968. Jayma attended Trinity College in Washington, DC until December 1970, and has worked since then as a children’s librarian.

DR. WILLIAM ANDERSON, 36, is a Westmont, N.J. osteopath. His private practice includes a large number of poor residents of Camden’s Puerto Rican community, as well as aged residents of the McGuire Housing Project. The father of six children, Bill is a graduate of Temple University College of Pharmacy and the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic medicine.

REV. MILO BILLMAN, 39, is a Lutheran minister. Ordained in 1958, Milo worked for five years with the Appalachians in the Cincinnati area; helped develop Columbus, Ohio ECCO, an anti-poverty foundation funded by OEO; and is currently Outreach Director of Camden’s EPOC (Economical Program and Outreach Committee). Milo is married and has two children.

TERRY BUCKALEW, 21, is a graduate of Wildwood Catholic High School, NJ, where he was elected by the faculty to serve for State Senator Kay on Law Day. Valedictorian of his class, he was presented with the John F. Kennedy award for courage and moral integrity. He attended Rider College in Lawrenceville, NJ and has worked as a court clerk in the Federal Third Circuit of Appeals. Terry has refused induction into the armed forces.

PAUL COUMING, 23, graduated from Boston Technical School and then worked as a VISTA volunteer in Appalachia. He has been active in anti-war activities for several years and was a member of the Boston 8. Paul refused to carry his draft cards and was sentenced to one year (suspended) and three years probation, after being forcibly removed from a church sanctuary. He was charged with criminal contempt when he refused to answer questions at the Harrisburg Grand Jury and is awaiting trial for this.

EUGENE DIXON, 37, is a Camden resident and the father of four children. He attended Rutgers University and has been employed for twenty years as a supervisor for a Philadelphia automotive firm. Gene has been active as an officer and teacher in the Confraternity of Christian Doctrine as well as an officer in the PTA. A prize-winning poet, his writing has been published in a number of magazines and periodicals.

REV. MICHAEL DOYLE, 36, is a Camden diocese priest. He was associate pastor of St. Joseph’s Pro-Cathedral, where his youth masses drew people from miles around. He was retired by the Bishop in February for his anti-war activities, but in April was stationed at St. George’s Church in Camden. A native of Ireland, Mick holds a Master’s Degree in Education and has taught at Camden Catholic High, Cherry Hill, and at Holy Spirit High, Atlantic City.

ANNE DUNHAM, 23, a native of Pelham, NY, is a graduate of Ursuline Academy and attended Marymount College, Manhattan, and the College of New Rochelle. She taught Confraternity of Christian Doctrine in Pelham, and did volunteer work as a tutor in Harlem. She is a former employee of the Archdiocese of NY’s Board of Education. She also worked for the now defunct Resistance Book Distributors.

REV. PETER FORDI, 35, is a Jesuit priest at Woodstock Religious College, NYC. A native of Jersey City, he attended St. Peter’s Prep and Seaton Hall before entering the Jesuit order in 1956. Peter holds a degree in Theology from Woodstock College and has taught at St. Peter’s and Brooklyn Prep High Schools. He took public responsibility with a group known as the East Coast Conspiracy to Save Lives for raids on draft boards in Philadelphia and a GE office in Washington, DC in February 1970.

KEITH FORSYTH, 22, is a native of Ohio. Since moving to Philadelphia two years ago, he has worked as a cab driver and has been active in the anti-war movement. Recently he joined the October 4th Organization, a revolutionary group based in the Kensington section of Philadelphia, and works primarily with the legal defense and anti-war projects of that organization.

MICHAEL GIOCONDO, 42, was a Franciscan brother for twelve years, stationed in Costa Rica and Washington, D.C. For a number of years, he has worked in Camden, where he founded El Centro, an inner-city service for Spanish speaking people, and helped originate GAP, a bi-lingual newspaper. Mike worked in the Landlord-Tenant division of Camden Regional Legal Services and at the time of his arrest was employed as a program specialist for NJ’s Drug Education Program, which suspended him without pay.

ROBERT GOOD, 22, a former seminarian, spent five years studying with the Missionary Society of the Divine Word. He also attended Xavier University in Cincinnati. Bob was active in the civil rights movement in Cleveland’s West Side and has also worked with alcoholics in that city. He is now a resident of NYC working with the Harrisburg Defense Committee.

JOHN GRADY, 46, from the Bronx, is married and the father of five children. A sociologist and former instructor at Marymount College, John was a Fulbright Scholar in London, England, and founded the Drew Foundation in New York. He has long been active in civil rights and anti-war activities. John is a Navy veteran of World War II and a former candidate from the Bronx for Congress. He was chairman of the defense committee for the Catonsville 9, Milwaukee 14, Boston 8, and New York 8.

MARGARET INNES, 27, a native of Boston, Massachusetts, holds a B.A. from Regis College, Weston, Massachusetts, and is presently completing work on a M.A. at Boston College in special education for emotionally disturbed children. She was in the novitiate of the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur and worked in the Regis College Lay Apostolate in St. Croix, Virgin Islands. For three years, Marge has taught in public schools in Dorchester, Massachusetts.

REV. EDWARD McGOWAN, 36, has been a Jesuit for thirteen years. A resident of Woodstock College, he is considered an expert on American Indian affairs. A native of the Bronx, Ed worked with Fr. Philip Berrigan in a Baltimore ghetto parish and participated in draft board raids with a group known as the New York 8. He also taught high school for three years in Rochester, NY, and has been active with the Harrisburg Defense Committee.

FRANCIS MEL MADDEN, 33, a native of Boston, Massachusetts, was ordained a Franciscan priest in 1965. He became interested in the drug problem at Daytop Village, a rehabilitation center for addicts. Subsequently he founded Liberty Village, a similar treatment center in Jersey City, in 1967. Married in 1969, he is the father of a baby girl and boy. The former director of training for NJ’s Drug Education Program, he was suspended without pay from that job at the time of his arrest.

LIANNE MOCCIA, 21, a native of Revere, Massachusetts, is now a senior part-time student at Fordham University, the Bronx. She graduated from Mt. St. Joseph’s Academy, Brighton, Massachusetts, where she was a member of the National Honor Society and worked summers with the Christian Appalachian Project in Kentucky. She has worked at the Defense Committee and the Resistance Book Store in the Bronx, and was a member of a “conspiracy of conscience.”

BARRY MUSI, 23, a native of Massachusetts, has worked as a draft and military counselor and with the resistance support community. He left his alternate service duty (which he was doing as part of his Conscientious Objector status) in January of 1971, and moved to Dorchester where he now is involved in community and movement activities.

REV. EDWARD MURPHY, 34, is a Jesuit priest and a native of NYC. Ned, who has taught Classics and Theology, entered the Society of Jesus in 1955, and after studying and teaching, was ordained in 1968. Among other resistance activities, he was a member of the New York 8 and operated a coffeehouse in Ayre, Massachusetts, for GI’s from nearby Fort Devin. He is also a draft counselor and was a national coordinator of the Harrisburg Defense Committee.

FRANK POMMERSHEIM, 28, a native of New York, is a graduate of Colgate University, where he played varsity basketball. He also attended Columbia Law School and then was a VISTA lawyer in Alaska. He is presently a lawyer with the East Harlem neighborhood office of the NYC Department of Consumer Affairs, headed by Bess Myerson.

JOAN REILLY, 20, of Brightwaters, Long Island, has attended three Catholic girl’s schools. She is currently enrolled as a junior at Marymount College, Tarrytown, NY where she is majoring in psychology and philosophy. Joani worked as a Christian Appalachian Project volunteer and was elected as a student senator in college. One of four children, she works summers with retarded children.

ROSEMARY REILLY, 22, from Brightwaters, Long Island, graduated from the Academy of Saint Joseph, Brentwood, NY and attended Newton College of the Sacred Heart, Maryville College, and Marymount-Manhattan College. “Ro Ro” managed the Resistance Book Distributor’s office in New York and also worked with the New York Defense Committee.

ANITA RICCI, 22, is a native of Philadelphia. She graduated fifth in her class at St. Maria Goretti High School and won a scholarship to the University of Pennsylvania. Anita also attended Temple University on scholarship, where she majored in Sociology. She worked in the Resistance Book Store in Philadelphia.

KATHLEEN RIDOLFI, 23, a native of South Philadelphia, attended Temple University on scholarship as well as the Philadelphia Textile College, where she majored in design. Following her graduation from St. Maria Goretti High School, “Cookie” worked in a Washington, DC anti-poverty program. She has also worked for the U.S. Postal Department. Cookie was manager of the Resistance Book Store on the Temple University campus and was among those named in the Harrisburg case indictment.

MARTHA SHEMELEY, 34, a Camden social worker, formerly taught school in the Camden diocese. Now a mother of a ten year old boy, Martha graduated from Seaton Hall College, majoring in psychology. She served as president of the Affiliates of the American Psychological Association and has lectured extensively on “The Underground Church” and “The Role of Women in the Church.” Being a gifted writer, her feature articles and theater reviews have been published by the Catholic Press.

JOHN SWINGLISH, 28, from Cleveland, Ohio, now lives in Washington, DC. A Navy veteran, he worked for the Defense Department doing research on nuclear guided missile destroyers. Formerly chairman of the Catholic Peace Fellowship in DC, John has long been active in attempting to influence the Catholic Church to re-establish its priorities. John was indicted for criminal contempt after refusing to testify before the Grand Jury in Harrisburg and was named a co-conspirator in that case.

SARAH TOSI, 20, of Hohokus, NJ is currently involved in community work in Dorchester, Massachusetts. A 1968 National Science Foundation scholarship winner, in 1969, she graduated from Immaculate Heart Academy, Bergen County, NJ, where she was president of the National Honors Society. Sarah was a NJ district coordinator for the 1968 McCarthy campaign. She attended Wellesley College and was active in Boston’s Paulist Center, a group of peace activists. Sarah is also a talented musician.

ROBERT WILLIAMSON, 22, is currently employed as a caseworker for the Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare. Bob says that “The FBI keeps what it would like to think is a complete record of my activities and beliefs in its Philadelphia office. Anyone who wishes to know this information is hereby granted permission to remove this file (and any other) for the purposes of publication.”

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THE FILM

“Like so many events throughout America’s past, the story of the Camden 28 has virtually been forgotten. Today, two filmmakers, Anthony Giacchino and David Dougherty, are working to save this history. I am supporting them because I believe that one of the worst things about the way history is taught is that it ignores or minimizes those times in history when people who are apparently powerless have gotten together, organized themselves and accomplished remarkable things. And something remarkable happened in Camden. The Camden 28 action and trial is worthy of being remembered because it will help educate the American public about civil disobedience, the importance of protest, and the citizen's role in a democracy.” --Historian Howard Zinn.

The Camden 28 explores how and why, by raiding government offices and destroying government records, individuals intentionally placed themselves at risk of arrest and imprisonment while protesting the war in Vietnam. The predominant images of American antiwar activism during the Vietnam War consist of young men burning their draft cards, student protests on college campuses, and the various marches on Washington. The Camden 28 offers a unique perspective to this time of protest by looking beyond those ubiquitous images and documenting a lesser-known but potent form of dissent. The film has received funding from the A.J. Muste Memorial Institute and is being sponsored by the International Documentary Association. The IDA writes: “The filmmakers have demonstrated high professional standards and the project promises to be a contribution to both the media arts and cultural history.”

If you would like more information about the film, please contact us at: camden28@earthlink.net

Anthony Giacchino: Director

Anthony Giacchino has been working as a producer in television and documentary filmmaking since 1994. "The Camden 28" is the first feature-length documentary he has directed.

After graduating from Villanova University with a B.A. in History and German in 1992, he received a Fulbright grant to study history at the University of Freiburg, Germany. In 1993 he moved to Leipzig, Germany where he worked as an English instructor for the Amerikanisches Sprachinstitut. In February 2005, Anthony Giacchino co-produced and co-directed an independent documentary in Dresden, Germany. The film, "Time Bomb," explores how the 1945 bombing and destruction of Dresden is remembered in Germany today. "Time Bomb" is currently being edited. In the political arena, Anthony shot, produced, and directed a short documentary on David McReynolds, the 2000 Socialist Party candidate for President.

Anthony has also produced studio-based content and documentaries for The History Channel. As a freelance producer for the network, he has produced THC’s Sunday-morning talk shows, HistoryCENTER and Hardcover History, as well as its primetime series History vs. Hollywood and a variety of specials covering topics from the dedication of the National World War II Memorial in Washington, D.C. to the 2004 Democratic and Republican National Conventions.

Anthony Giacchino has received documentary film grants from The A.J. Muste Memorial Institute and the Philadelphia Independent Film and Video Association.

David Dougherty: Director of Photography

David Dougherty began his career as an independent videographer in 1993. His clients have included numerous television stations, corporations and special interest groups. He also oversees a team responsible for audiovisual design, installation, and production at a leading pharmaceutical firm. Dougherty graduated from Temple University in 1992 with a bachelor's degree in radio, television, and film and is pursuing a master's degree in organizational dynamics from the University of Pennsylvania. He is a member of the International Documentary Association.