A Community Collaborations event co-presented with Veterans for Peace, with post-screening discussion with co-director Mike Prysner
“A major cinematic achievement of consciousness and conscience … one of the best political nonfiction films I’ve seen in years.”—Ed Rampell, film historian and author of A People’s Film History of the United States
Exempt from international climate agreements and rarely scrutinized in mainstream reporting, the Pentagon is the world’s single largest institutional polluter—spewing carbon, contaminating water, and scarring landscapes across the globe. Combining investigative journalism, striking visuals, and stories from impacted communities, this film challenges audiences to rethink the hidden costs of a global military empire and its planetary consequences. Provocative, urgent, and eye-opening, this is a documentary that will change how you see both the military and environmentalism.
Mike Prysner (co-director) is an Iraq War veteran turned prominent anti-war activist and writer. After serving as a soldier in the 2003 invasion of Iraq, he became a leading voice in the veterans’ anti-war movement, co-founding organizations and campaigns that mobilized thousands of service members against occupations of Iraq and Afghanistan. Prysner’s advocacy has taken him from grassroots organizing to national platforms, where his critiques of U.S. militarism have been widely circulated. As a producer and co-creator of The Empire Files, he has worked alongside Martin to investigate the costs of war and empire across the globe.
