Conviction
Directed by Brenda Truelson Fox
Co-Produced by Robin Truesdale and Denise Gentilini
Edited by Robin Truesdale
2006
Three Dominican sisters saw it as their duty, mission, religious calling to break into a missile silo in Colorado, chant, pour their own blood and land in jail for their beliefs. For these women, bringing attention to the atrocities of nuclear weapons was a sacred act; for the U.S. government, it was something much different. The nuns trespassed on federal property and criticized our national defense. The religious right labeled them fanatics; the left called them Joans of Arc; and the justice system convicted them of sabotage and sentenced them each to several years in federal prison.
43 min.
Most recently screened at the 2015 Show Me Justice Film Festival at the University of Central Missouri.
FESTIVALS:
Telluride Mountainfilm, “Must See” Award
Frozen River Film Festival, “People’s Choice” Award
Boulder Adventure Film Festival
Rome International Film Festival
Taos Film Festival
Show Me Justice Film Festival