[ “We know from history that it’s far easier to destroy than to create, far easier to kill than to preserve. Yet when countries make genocide or ecocide (from nuclear winter) possible and defensible (as a sign of uncompromising ‘toughness’ and perhaps the defense of ‘freedom’), you know that their…
John Pilger is an Australian journalist, writer, scholar, and documentary filmmaker. He has been mainly based in Britain since 1962. He was also once visiting professor at Cornell University in New York. Pilger is a strong critic of American, Australian, and British foreign policy, which he considers to be driven…
Scott Ritter is a former US Marine Corps intelligence officer and author of ‘SCORPION KING: America’s Suicidal Embrace of Nuclear Weapons from FDR to Trump.’ He served in the Soviet Union as an inspector implementing the INF Treaty, served in General Schwarzkopf’s staff during the Gulf War, and from 1991 to…
FINALLY, WE’LL SEE UP CLOSE WHAT $6+ TRILLION DOLLARS LOOKS LIKE! Using CGI, we’ll fly a helicopter around the six “trillion dollar buildings” in the graphic on the first page of this outline. Maybe we won’t say exactly what we’re seeing at first, allowing the drama and awe to build.…
How can we make this a game-changing, paradigm-shifting movie? The Peace Dividend film will overwhelmingly and convincingly lay bare the devastating domestic consequences of our out-of-control military, perpetual war, the War On Terror, and the delusions of world empire which have gripped our power-drunk political leaders. “WAR IS MAKING YOU…
The film consists of a brief introduction and four parts. INTRODUCTION The Glory of War vs. The Gore of War: Quick-cut montage, contrasting the superficial Hollywood optics about the heroics of war with the reality: maimed and killed soldiers, homeless and drug-addicted veterans, victims of war-related PTSD, suicide. PART I…
The Peace Dividend movie is intended for the big screen, as a major national release, an experience for the entire viewing public. If there’s a model for the style and mood, it would be any of Michael Moore’s more successful films, for example, Fahrenheit 9/11 or Bowling For Columbine. Only…
We’ve been very busy reaching out to some of the most respected individuals currently speaking out on behalf of peace. While the Peace Dividend film will present the spectacle of war as never seen before – the death, destruction, and callous inhumanity inflicted both on the battlefield and right here…
What better way is there to present the Peace Dividend concept to everyday citizens across the nation than a full-length feature movie? We have a team working on a basic script outline right now. We are putting feelers out to professors, political experts, journalists, prominent activists, to appear and offer…
Large networks such as Friends of the Earth, Avaaz and 350.org have called for an international day of actions on either October 26th or 27th, against ‘false solutions’ in the struggle against climate change: shalegas, CCS, dirty biomass and nuclear. The coalition Don’t Nuke the Climate will take responsibility for actions against nuclear; Wise International is providing…