Shutdown: The Rise and Fall Of Direct Action To Stop the War

A DVD documentary shot in the SF Bay Area in 2008. Includes interviews with participants and archival footage of the massive, orchestrated effort to react to the illegal US war in Iraq. The filmmakers have direct access to key organizers and participants that worked with Direct Action to Stop the War and they tell their story of the strategy and dissolution of the most important anti-war group in the US in 2003. This film will be of interest of all concerned citizens who feel that the Iraq War has been a mistake, whether they were in the streets in 2003 or have come to the conclusion now that the government's misdeeds have come to light. Includes bonus features.