Kevin & Monica Benderman

Kevin & Monica Benderman
will be speaking in Atlanta on
Saturday, April 21, 2007, 7:00 PM
at the MadRatz InfoShop,
840 Dekalb Ave Suite C,
Atlanta Georgia 30307
about Kevin's experiences as a conscientious objector in the Army, his prison sentence at Ft. Lewis, WA for allegedly refusing to re-deploy to Iraq, and the new film documentary,
“Soldiers of Conscience”

and their new veterans project
“Bendermans’s Bridge”

PLEASE COME TO THE
MADRATZ INFOSHOP ON APRIL 21
TO WELCOME
KEVIN & MONICA
BACK TO ATLANTA!!

This will be their FIRST speaking event in Atlanta since May 7, 2005, prior to Kevin's court martial and prison sentence.

The Benderman speaking event at the MadRatz InfoShop is sponsored by
Atlanta Veterans For Peace, MadRatz Capital Terminus Collective,
the Atlanta International Action Center,
and the Georgia Peace & Justice Coalition/Atlanta.

Contact: Debbie Clark of Atlanta Veterans For Peace, 770-855-6163
or Reid Jenkins of Atlanta Veterans For Peace, 404-525-4360

Atlanta Film Fest screening info

WORLD PREMIERE OF
SOLDIERS OF CONSCIENCE

A documentary film about US soldiers in Iraq facing the most difficult moral decision of their lives - to kill or not to kill. It is a film about the demands of duty and the call of conscience - with a focus on four US soldiers who decided not to kill.

Made with official permission from the US Army, SOLDIERS OF CONSCIENCE is a realistic yet optimistic film about war, peace, and the power of the human conscience.featuring Kevin Benderman,
Joshua Casteel, Aidan Delgado, and Camilo Mejia.
85 minutes

View the TRAILER

World Premiere at Atlanta Film festival. - 2 screenings only

Sunday, April 22, noon and
Wed., April 25 4:30 pm
Landmark Midtown Art Cinema
931 Monroe Dr., NE, Atlanta, GA

Kevin Benderman, who appears in the film, will attend the screening on April 22 and is available for media interviews. Mr. Benderman, an Iraq War veteran and conscientious objector, was sentenced to 15 months in prison for not returning to Iraq with his unit. Since his release in August 2006, Benderman and his wife Monica have begun developing a re-entry center for veterans returning from Iraq

Discussion to follow the Sunday film screening with Kevin & Monica Benderman and the producers, Gary Weimberg and Katherine Ryan to be held at
Church of Our Savior, 1068 N. Highland Ave NE, Atlanta, GA, 2:30-4:30 PM
.

film and theater info

buy tickets online or at Midtown Art Cinema box office

for Sunday, April 22 at 12:00pm

for Wednesday, April 25 at 4:30pm

Cost: $8.50 General public, $6 - students, seniors
Seating for 180 people.
Note: “Sold out” only means ADVANCE tickets sold out.
There will always be some number of tickets released 20 minutes before film starts for sales at the door.

more info about film makers: www.lunaproductions.com

Contact: Gary Weimberg, co-director/producer
510.526.9500
gary@lunaproductions.com

Gary has been making award winning documentaries for social change for over 20 years. His films have won 2 Emmy Awards, been nominated for Oscars, his last film at the Atlanta Film Fest won the Grand Jury Prize (Best film in festival.)