JUSTICE MATTERS

Rainbow Warrior

Director: Edward McGurn; Producer: Docsville Studios
UK, France, 2023
94 minutes, Color and Black & White

In Person:
Saturday, April 20: Edward McGurn Director; Ebony Twilley Martin, Executive Director, Greenpeace USA; Ken Grossinger, Social, Economic and Justice Strategist and Author
Thursday, April 25: Ebony Twilley Martin, Executive Director, Greenpeace USA; Abigail Smith, Actions Team, Greenpeace USA; Ken Grossinger, Social, Economic and Justice Strategist and Author

Greenpeace: We all know what the "green" stands for, but remember, this essential organization's founding mission was to stop nuclear weapons testing. The band of hippie peaceniks using themselves as human shields had already succeeded in halting U.S. testing in the North Pacific and had evacuated the entire population of Rongelap Island when, in 1985, while resting in Auckland Harbor, their intrepid freighter the Rainbow Warrior was rocked by explosions that killed one of their members. What vandal—no, what country?—was responsible? You can't make this stuff up, and talented documentarist Edward McGurn has stitched together a vivid narrative complete with James Bond–like intrigue and the lively memories of survivors and investigative journalists. Like the Greenpeace warriors themselves, the film is outwardly freewheeling but deadly serious about planting "mind bombs."—Judy Bloch