Movies and TvShows featuring "war-protestor" theme.

The U.S. vs. John Lennon is a documentary that showcases renowned musician and peace activist John Lennon's struggles against the U.S. government. The film explores Lennon's iconic music, his anti-war activism, and his clash with the Nixon administration, which resulted in a deportation battle. It sheds light on Lennon's quest for freedom of speech and his impact on the peace movement.

Dramatization of the trial of Christian anti-war activists, known collectively as the "Plowshares Eight". In September 1980, they broke into a General Electric weapons plant in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, and in an act of protest against nuclear proliferation, poured vials of their own blood onto secret missile plans, burned other files, and damaged nosecones intended for nuclear missiles. The direct-to-video production is intercut with clips from actual news coverage of the trial. The "Plowshares Eight" portray themselves in the production, and after taping was complete, reported to court for their imprisonment.

Joan is loved by a young man of the village and they are married. In a few weeks the husband, a soldier, is sent to the war-front along with his three brothers. Word is received that her husband has been killed in battle and Joan's first impulse is suicide by she is pregnant and her prospective motherhood makes her realize her new responsibility. The military authorities start a movement to get the young women of the country to marry departing soldiers, so that the empire may have another generation of fighting men. Word is received that the King is to pass through their village and Joan organizes the women in a general protest against the war. She leads them all, dressed in black, in a long procession to meet the Monarch. The soldiers threaten to shoot her unless she turns the women back, buy Joan comes face-to-face with the ruler and kills herself, as her message from the women that they refuse to make another generation victims of a ruthless militarism.

Going Upriver: The Long War of John Kerry is a documentary that traces the life of John Kerry, from his time as a Vietnam War veteran to his presidential campaign. The film highlights Kerry's role as a war protestor and his subsequent entry into politics, exploring the events that shaped his career and his impact on American history. It also includes archive footage and interviews with Kerry and those who know him.

Roland Marvel is a man in hiding, working as handyman at a small Tennessee church. But when a charismatic minister and an intriguing young woman come into his life, he finds the tragedy of his own past on a collision course with the turmoil of 21st century America.