Movie Description:
Sacco and Vanzetti brings to life the story of Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti, two Italian immigrant anarchists who were accused of a murderin 1920, and executed in Bostonin 1927 after a notoriously prejudiced trial. The ordeal of Sacco and Vanzetti came tosymbolize the bigotry andintolerance directed at immigrants and dissenters in America. Millions of people around the world protested on their behalf, and now, 80 yearslater, their story continues tohave great resonance, as civil liberties and the rights of immigrants are again under attack. Powerful prison writingsand passionate interviews with Howard Zinn, Arlo Guthrie and Studs Terkel are interwoven with artwork, music, and film clips.
