director:
Emile de Antonio
playwright:
Emile de Antonio
actor:
Martin Sheen
/
Daniel Berrigan
/
Philip Berrigan
genre:
Drama
region:
United States
language:
English
length: 1h 32m
release date: 1983
IMDb: tt0084130
overview
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.