Speaker, Award Winning Producer

Mark Mori is available to present a screening of Kent State: The Day the War Came Home in person.  Mori has a long history of speaking about the anti-Vietnam war movement. He was a political activist and organizer in the movement from 1968 until the end of the war. He participated in an anti-war publishing operation which printed a a great deal of anti-war literature, including 2 underground GI newspapers, Left Face (published at Ft. McLellan, Anniston, AL, starting in October 1969), and, Rap, (published at Ft Benning, GA. Starting in November 1969).

Mori was a member of the Emory University chapter of Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) – the largest student anti-war organization in the country – and help organize Atlanta’s city-wide SDS chapter. Mori participated in organizing and leading large contingents in anti-Vietnam War demonstrations in Washington DC, Atlanta, Chicago, Detroit and other cities. After the war ended, Mori continued his activism with a career in filmmaking with such notable films as Kent State: the Day the War Came Home, 2000 Emmy Award, Best News and Documentary; Building Bombs, 1991 Academy Award nominee, Best Feature Documentary and The Fire This Time, 1994 Sundance Film Festival, Grand Jury Prize nominee.

Mark Mori will be an invaluable presenter at your screening.  Please e-mail him through the “Contact Us” button at the top of this page or e-mail Mark at:   mark (dot) mori (at) kentstatedvd (dot) com.