Moral and Safe? War, Peace, Drone Warfare and the Religious Community
An Introduction to Drone Warfare: This film describes the history, the nature, use and moral challenges posed by drone warfare. It features Col. Lawrence Wilkerson (U.S. Army retired), former Chief of Staff for General Colin Powell; Dr. Mary Ann Cusimano Love, Catholic University; Diane Randall, Friends Committee On National Legislation; Andrea Prasow, Human Rights Watch; and Jamal Jaffer, Columbia University Law School. The challenges facing drone operators are also described. Religious leaders, including a Catholic, Protestants, a Muslim, a Sikh, and a rabbi tell us about their traditions’ views of drone warfare.
The Religious Community and Drone Warfare
The Religious Community and Drone Warfare is for congregations who wish to go into more depth into the concerns expressed by denominations, religious organizations and religious leaders.
Faith leaders from a wide range of traditions are interviewed on this 27 minute video, including representatives of the U.S. States Conference of Catholic Bishops, United Church of Christ, New Evangelical Partnership for the Common Good, a rabbi from Interfaith Action for Human Rights, the Unitarian Universalist Association, United Methodist Church, American Sikh Council, Islamic Society of North America, Friends Committee on National Legislation and Church of the Brethren.
Click here to download any of the five films. Please send us an email to tell us that you have shown a film in your congregation. Please send an email to cfpa@peacecoalition.org to tell us the name of the congregation, the denomination and the date of the screening.
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Unmanned: America’s Drone Wars
A half hour version – edited for education classes in congregations
In Unmanned: America’s Drone Wars, by Brave New Films, director Robert Greenwald investigates the impact of U.S. drone strikes at home and abroad through compelling interviews, including a former American drone operator who shares what he has witnessed in his own words, Pakistani families mourning loved ones and seeking legal redress, investigative ...
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National Bird
A half hour version – edited for education classes in congregations
The Interfaith Network on Drone Warfare has produced a 34 minute version of National Bird, a documentary by Sonia Kennebeck. The film follows the dramatic journey of three whistleblowers that are determined to break the silence about America’s drone war. This version features two military veterans of drone warfare: Lisa and Heather. Plagued by guilt over ...
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Drone
A half hour version – edited for education classes in congregations.
A commentator says at the beginning of the film, Drone by Tonje Hessen Schei, “If you can get a high level Al Qaeda guy, isn’t it worth about any costs?” Schei raises several concerns about that conclusion, including the fact that other nations, including China, Russian and Iran have developed ...
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