Английская Википедия:An Act of Conscience
An Act of Conscience is a 1997 documentary film by Robbie Leppzer about the war tax resistance of Randy Kehler and Betsy Corner and years-long struggle that ensued after the IRS seized their home in Colrain, Massachusetts in 1989, to recover $27,000 in unpaid taxes, penalties, and interest.[1] The film premiered at Sundance Film Festival and was shown on Cinemax and the Sundance Channel.[2] It is narrated by Martin Sheen and features cameo appearances by activist-priest Daniel Berrigan and political folksinger Pete Seeger.[1]
Plot
After the house was seized, the couple and their daughter refuse to move out and Kehler is arrested on December 3, 1991, by US Marshals and IRS agents.[1] Community supporters move in, helping them to occupy the house.[3] On February 12, 1992, the still-occupied house—but not the land, which belongs to the Valley Community Land Trust—is sold at auction to Danny Franklin and Terry Charnesky for $5400; the IRS had failed to receive any monetary bids at an earlier auction.[1] The sale results in suits and countersuits between the Franklin-Charnesky family and the Land Trust.[1] Despite the sale of the house, the Kehler-Corner occupiers refuse to leave.[1]
However, on April 15, 1992, while Kehler, Corner, and their supporters are away, Franklin, Charnesky, and their supporters move-in and occupy the house.[1] Kehler, Corner, and their supporters begin a lively protest and round-the-clock vigil just outside the house, eventually even building a small wooden structure to shelter the protesters.[1] On May 28, 1993, the Franklin County Superior court issues an injunction against the Kehler-Corner protests and, subsequently, several protesters are arrested and jailed after violating the injunction.[1] Still, the protest continues until September, when they are finally discontinued.[1] The battle over the house is ended on December 31, 1993, when an out-of-court settlement is reached between the Land Trust and the Franklin-Charnesky family, who agree to leave the house and deed it and the land-lease to the land trust in exchange for an undisclosed sum of money.[4]
References
External links
- Шаблон:Official website
- "The Great Anti-War Films: An Act of Conscience." A review by Rick Gee at lewrockwell.com.
- Film description and director profile at the Human Rights Watch film festival site.
- Description of personal, legal, and media papers about the "Colrain Action," archived in the Special Collections and University Archives, W.E.B. Du Bois Library, University of Massachusetts Amherst.
- "Conscience, Community, and Compromise" by Randy Kehler in Sojourners, April, 1994, (free registration required).
- Английская Википедия
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