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Presented in partnership with Riverside Theatre, in conjunction with their reopening and the world premiere of Eden Prairie, 1971 featuring a post-screening conversation with draft resisters
"[Director Judith Ehrlich] has done history an excellent service in memorializing this enduring portrait of America during an earlier time of momentous inner conflict."—Emily S. Mendel, culturevulture.net
As the war in Vietnam raged, one of the largest and most successful youth-led resistance movements in American history was growing at home. Hundreds of thousands of young men opposed to an unjust war said no to being drafted into the military, risking up to five years in federal prison. Their individual courage and collective nonviolent actions helped end a tragic war and the draft. Directed by Oscar-nominated filmmaker Judith Ehrlich, The Boys Who Said NO! tells for the first time the inspiring story and impact of the draft resistance movement.