In
1997, the
Coalition to Oppose the Arms Trade
(COAT) produced a 30-minute
documentary on the militarisation of air shows.These "War Show" spectacles use the world's deadliest weapons systems as "performers" to entertain mass audiences.
The COAT documentary juxtaposes images
of:
* warplanes doing stunts at the Ottawa "Air Show"
* Iraqi
children's war art which COAT activists displayed inside the Ottawa "air
show."
* Canadian children and youth at an "air show" describing their favourite
weapons systems.
* the aerial destruction of Iraq and its health effects on children
The documentary is a critique
of the prevailing culture of violence in which warplanes are used to either entertain and recruit
children in the homeland, or to kill foreign children in their homes
abroad.
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more
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This documentary,
by Wide Open Exposure,
includes clips from an interview
with
Richard Sanders,
coordinator of the Coalition to Oppose the Arms
Trade
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