A parallel antiwar past

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Posted on Mon, Nov. 07, 2005

A parallel antiwar past

By Dwight Ott

Inquirer Staff Writer

It has been a nine-year labor of love for Anthony Giacchino, 36, and he was showing off the near-finished product.

His efforts got their first feedback Friday night: a standing ovation from an audience of about 500 who paid $28 apiece and jammed Gordon Theater at Rutgers University-Camden to see his new film, The Camden 28, about a group of Vietnam War protesters who were arrested and put on trial in the early 1970s.

"I thought it was very powerful," said Camden Councilman Angel Fuentes, adding that he would try to have the film shown in Camden schools.

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"The movie has particular significance for a city like Camden," he said. "The government goes on military adventures like Iraq, spending billions, while cities like Camden are falling apart... . I hope it will rally people against war."

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