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October 8th

by Celeste Barber, UC, Santa Barbara Alumnus 1982

Mar 26, 2025
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I don’t know how to write about this film. All I can do describe what it was like to sit in the near-empty movie theatre and witness our national shame paraded before my eyes. (Right now, stop reading and look up where October 8 is being shown in your community. Then go.)

This superb documentary opens with the sound of air raid sirens all too familiar to…

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