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The Good War and Those Who Refused to Fight It

The story of the conscientious objectors who refused to fight in World War II, and prepared a generation of nonviolent activists who later changed American society.

Premiere Date

January 15, 2002

Length

60 minutes

Funding Type

Co-Production

Rick Tejada-Flores

Producer

Rick Tejada-Flores began working in television in 1969 in a minority training program at KQED in San Francisco. He served as unit manager/production supervisor for KNBC in Burbank, and as coordinating producer for the Latino Consortium at KCET in Los Angeles, where he created the national series PRESENTE! His credits include Low ’N Slow: The Art of Lowriding (PBS); Go Chanting, Libre (PBS); Elvia: The Fight for Land and Liberty (PBS/Vistas series); Jasper Johns, Ideas in Paint, and Rivera in America (both for American Masters), and The Good War and Those Who Refused to Fight It. In addition, Tejada-Flores served as producer on the series The Great Depression, and has directed films on Hispanic history and culture for the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of American History.
Judith Ehrlich

Producer

Judith Ehrlich has produced, written, and directed dozens of programs in video, radio, and multimedia on issues of non-violence, education, social justice, human rights, health, disability, housing, and voting rights. In 1991, she produced a three-part radio series on the history of conscientious objection for public radio.