The movie takes place in 1970. The Vietnam War is escalating and
United States President Richard Nixon has just decided on a "secret"
bombing campaign in Cambodia. Faced with a growing anti-war movement,
President Nixon decrees a state of emergency based on the McCarran
Internal Security Act of 1950, which authorizes federal authorities,
without reference to Congress, to detain persons judged to be a
"risk to internal security". Members from the anti-war movement, civil
rights movement, feminist movement, conscientious objectors, and
Communist party, mostly university students, are arrested and face
an emergency tribunal made up of community members. With state and
federal jails at their top capacity, the convicted face the option
of spending their full conviction time in federal prison or three
days at Punishment Park.
United States President Richard Nixon has just decided on a "secret"
bombing campaign in Cambodia. Faced with a growing anti-war movement,
President Nixon decrees a state of emergency based on the McCarran
Internal Security Act of 1950, which authorizes federal authorities,
without reference to Congress, to detain persons judged to be a
"risk to internal security". Members from the anti-war movement, civil
rights movement, feminist movement, conscientious objectors, and
Communist party, mostly university students, are arrested and face
an emergency tribunal made up of community members. With state and
federal jails at their top capacity, the convicted face the option
of spending their full conviction time in federal prison or three
days at Punishment Park.
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