"Camilo" anti-war documentary film and discussion

Munich American Peace Committee .. www.MAPC-web.de
presents
“Camilo�, an anti-war film by Peter Lilienthal
followed by
Panel Discussion with German and U.S. Military War Resisters

Monday, 30 June 2008 at 7:00 pm

in the “Filmmuseum im Stadtmuseum�

on Jakobsplatz, München via U3 or U6 “Sendlinger Tor� or S-Bahn “Marienplatz�

Personally participating:

Peter Lilienthal, movie director
Senna Coppa, U.S. Army Intelligence Officer and war resister
Chris Capps, U.S. Army Communications Specialist and deserter
Christiane Ernst-Zettl, Bundeswehr Sergeant, Medical Corps and war resister
Jürgen Rose, Bundeswehr Lieutenant-Colonel and war resister

Free Program Entrance,
Contributions gratefully accepted

Introduction by MAPC
Presentation of Documentary film, “Camilo�
Intermission
Moderated Panel Discussion with above Participants
Question and Answer Forum

The film is a Documentary in Spanish, English with German subtitles,
Produced by Filmwerkstatt Münster, steelecht, triangle 7, WDR/ARTE, D2007, 84 minutes

the story of Latin-Americans, Camilo Meija, Fernando Suarez & others, involved in the US wars in Iraq and Middle America, struggling to resist the military juggernaut and organize a peaceful alternative.

Panel Discussion Participant Bios ..

Peter Lilienthal: born in Berlin, emigrated to Uruguay, resides in Munich; author, movie director,
winner of film awards for both feature and documentary films “Es Herrscht Ruhe im Land�,
“David�, “Der Aufstand�, “Dear Mr. Wonderful� and more.

Senna Coppa: active member of U.S. Armed Forces since age 17, member of “Iraq Veterans
against the War� IVAW, participant in Florida “Winter Soldier� Resisters’ Conference, a
witness at US Congressional Iraq-Afghanistan War Investigation by the US Congress.

Chris Capps: born in New Jersey, active member of US Armed Forces 2004 to 2007,
Iraq veteran, deserter, member of IVAW, prosecuted for desertion,
released from Army, “Less than Honorable Discharge�.

Christiane Ernst-Zettl: German Army Master Sgt. in Medical Corps, veteran of Afghanistan War, prosecuted for refusal to serve as combatant violating the Geneva Convention and
penalized by German Federal Court, board member of “Darmstädter Signal�.

Jürgen Rose: active German Army Lt. Col., refused to follow orders to support Tornado fighter-bomber attacks in Afghanistan, prosecuted and declared innocent by
German Federal Court, board member of “Darmstädter Signal�

Film Synopsis: The film “Camilo – The long road to disobedience� is the story of one of the best known American military deserters, Camilo Mejia, who after a six-month duty in the Iraq War during a two-week home leaves the US Army .. another major character in this film is the Mexican, Fernando Suarez, who loses his 19 year-old son in this war due to an exploding mine.

The subject is not just the �legitimacy� of the war, but what Peter Lilienthal further questions: Who are the victims of this war? Why do the fathers let their sons go to war? What motivates these young men to enter the US Army?

I am there, would like to see this movie

It´s great that an event like this is being held in Munich and I will do my best to attend, although I live in Düsseldorf. I´m really looking forward to the evening. Thanks for the posting IdahoJohnny!

I will be attending as well. Thanks for the heads up on this.

It was an interesting film and also the discussion was very informative for me. I´m a frequent customer of the Filmmuseum Cinema for a year now and that was the first time that I´ve seen it filled until the last seat.

I would really enjoy to see the next Peter Lilienthal movie. He said in the discussion that he does not feel like making a documentary again and would like to make a motion picture. But you never know.