Bedford Minuteman Appears in New Film “Divide in Concord”

September 17, 2014
Friday, September 19th at Concord Carlisle High School Q&A with filmmakers following the film - Courtesy image
Concord premiere on Friday, September 19, at Concord Carlisle High School
Q&A with filmmakers following the film – Courtesy image

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Minuteman Chuck Hacala
Minuteman Chuck Hacala

After the 2012 Patriot’s Day exercises at Meriam’s Corner, Bedford Minuteman Charles Hacala was interviewed by the filmmakers working on Divide in Concord. Hacala “made the cut” and is included in the film whose subtitle is, “The bottled water ban battle. Revolution springs again.” The film tells the story of Concord’s Town Meeting vote to ban the sale of water in single-serving containers within the town.

Divide in Concord will premiere at Concord-Carlisle High School on Friday night, September 19, and will also be shown on Saturday, September 20, as part of the Newburyport Film Festival.  Click here for ticket information.

About Divide in Concord

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Divide in Concord is a feature-length documentary that follows the entertaining tale of banning bottled water in small town America.  In 1775, Concord patriots fired the infamous ‘shot heard round the world’ that began a Revolution and defined a nation. Now a local eighty-four year-old woman has waged another seemingly unwinnable battle. For three years Jean Hill has been trying to rid the town of single-serve plastic bottles of water. Complete with strong opposition from local merchants and the bottled water industry, Jean is once again leading the controversial crusade. In the same town that began America and inspired Thoreau’s environmental movement, can one senior citizen make history? A tense nail-biter of a vote will decide.

Divide In Concord opened to critical acclaim at Hot Docs International Film Festival in Toronto, where it was selected as part of Best of Hot Docs. The film has gone on to screen nationally and internationally, winning the Audience Award at Possible Worlds Film Festival in Australia and being championed by Michael Moore saying its “a fascinating, entertaining look at how persistence and citizen action still means something in a corporate-controlled society.”

The filmmakers would like to thank the wonderful citizens of Concord for their participation in the film. We are excited to bring the film home.

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