| The Camden 28 | |
| Producer: | Anthony Giacchino |
| Director: | Anthony Giacchino |
| Music: | Michael Giacchino |
| Editing: | Brandon Park |
| Distributor: | First Run Features |
| Runtime: | 83 minutes |
| Country: | United States |
| Language: | English |
The Camden 28 is a 2007 documentary film written, directed, and produced by Anthony Giacchino. The film, airing as a part of PBS's Point of View series, follows the story of the Camden 28. It was a group of twenty-eight members of the "Catholic Left" who were arrested in 1971 for attempting to break into and vandalize a draft board in Camden, New Jersey. Because the Camden 28 were not militant and did not plant bombs like the Weathermen, the documentary examines how they posed a much greater threat to the U.S. government as the growing religious opposition to the Vietnam War could not be written off as extremists.[1]
The film was met with high critical praise and a WGA Award nomination for Best Documentary Screenplay.[2] [3]