The remarkable documentary film "Sir! No Sir!" (2005, directed by David Zeiger) will be shown on Thurs., Jul. 16, at King's Books in a fundraiser for Coffee Strong, the GI coffeehouse near Fort Lewis.[1] -- Randy Rowland, who appears in the film as a member of the Presidio 27, will be present and will speak after the film. -- "Sir! No Sir!," which won an audience award at the L.A. Film Festival and the Golden Starfish Award for best documentary of 2005 and which enjoys a Rotten Tomatoes rating of 88% "ripe," tells the not-well-enough-known story of resistance to the Vietnam War from within the military and makes the case that this resistance played a key role in ending the Vietnam War. -- NOTE: For more materials on GI resistance to the Vietnam War (not a topic the mainstream media is willing to feature, for obvious reasons), see here....
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WHAT: "Sir! No Sir!" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir!_No_Sir!) (2005; directed by David Zeiger; 85 minutes) -- a benefit for Coffee Strong
WHO: Randy Rowland, a GI resister who was one of the Presidio 27 and who appears in the film, will speak after the film and answer questions; he staffed a Tacoma GI underground newspaper in the 1970s; Seth Manzel, director of Coffee Strong will discuss the Stop Stop-Loss Campaign
WHEN: Thursday, July 16, 2009 -- 6:30 p.m.
WHERE: King's Books, (http://www.kingsbookstore.com/events.html#sirnosir) 218 St. Helens Ave., Tacoma, WA 98402 (253-272-8801)
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