Filmmaker’s note
This page provides a few of the key references that influenced the production of this film.
THOMAS PAINE
“These are the times that try men’s souls.”
HENRY DAVID THOREAU
“Can there not be a government in which majorities do not virtually decide right and wrong, but conscience?”
MAHATMA GANDHI
“In a gentle way, you can shake the world.”
EMMELINE PANKHURST
“We are here, not because we are law-breakers; we are here in our efforts to become law-makers.”
MARTIN LUTHER KING JUNIOR
“Protest beyond the law is not a departure from democracy; it is absolutely essential to it.”
ERICA CHENOWETH
