Non-Violence In Action
Made in 1986, this documentary chronicles the most important episodes in the international non-violent movement of the late 1970s and 1980s
Opening on shots of the peace camp at RAF Molesworth, an epicentre of non-violent direct action during contemporary anti-nuclear protests, the film details the People Power Revolution in the Philippines, apartheid resistance in late 1970s Soweto, artistic clashes between Republicans and Loyalists in Northern Ireland and the resilient Women's Camp at Greenham Common.
Activist Father Jose Blanco observed, "The non-violent activist must to able to propose alternatives to the one who is oppressive".
00.02.45 - 00.04.42: Molesworth air base 00.04.42 - 00.05.30: Caravan 00.05.30 - 00.06.00: Truck, security gates, MOD property, protesters 00.06.00 - 00.06.50: Protest against nuclear weapons, blockade 00.06.50 - 00.10.15: Greenham Common, helicopter, sit-in protest 00.10.15 - 00.11.35: Helicopter flying over military base, barbed wire 00.11.35 - 00.14.43: Border town Nicaragua, market 00.14.43 - 00.19.44: Manila 1986 - non-violent protest, last days of Marcos dictatorship, road barricades, large crowds, tanks 00.19.44 - 00.20.25: South Africa, apartheid resistance, beatings, shootings, tanks, securocrats 00.20.25 - 00.21.48: Soweto 1976 - protests 00.21.48 - 00.24.36: Zamani Soweto Sisters' Council patchwork exhibition Brixton 00.24.36 - 00.25.44: Bulldozing township 00.25.44 - 00.31.46: Belfast - Republican and Loyalist murals 00.31.46 - 00.32.41: Greenham Common, fences, barbed wire 00.32.41 - 00.35.30: Anti-apartheid protests
FULL SYNOPSIS
00.02.45 - 00.04.42: Molesworth air base 00.04.42 - 00.05.30: Caravan 00.05.30 - 00.06.00: Truck, security gates, MOD property, protesters 00.06.00 - 00.06.50: Protest against nuclear weapons, blockade 00.06.50 - 00.10.15: Greenham Common, helicopter, sit-in protest 00.10.15 - 00.11.35: Helicopter flying over military base, barbed wire 00.11.35 - 00.14.43: Border town Nicaragua, market 00.14.43 - 00.19.44: Manila 1986 - non-violent protest, last days of Marcos dictatorship, road barricades, large crowds, tanks 00.19.44 - 00.20.25: South Africa, apartheid resistance, beatings, shootings, tanks, securocrats 00.20.25 - 00.21.48: Soweto 1976 - protests 00.21.48 - 00.24.36: Zamani Soweto Sisters' Council patchwork exhibition Brixton 00.24.36 - 00.25.44: Bulldozing township 00.25.44 - 00.31.46: Belfast - Republican and Loyalist murals 00.31.46 - 00.32.41: Greenham Common, fences, barbed wire 00.32.41 - 00.35.30: Anti-apartheid protests