Filmmakers Debut Catonsville Vietnam Protest Documentary in Md.

BALTIMORE —A new documentary made by local filmmakers details one of the most historic moments of the Vietnam War protests that happened in Baltimore County.

The film, called "Hit and Stay," is about the group known as the Catonsville 9, and it can be viewed at the Maryland Film Festival this weekend.

The Catonsville 9 was a group of nine Catholic activists who were among the first to publicly protest the Vietnam War in May 1968. The group took draft cards from a selective service office in Catonsville and set them on fire with homemade napalm. They then prayed while they waited to be arrested.

"The Catonsville 9 is just one action that happened here in Baltimore, but it inspired plenty of actions all over the country, and that's the story we wanted to tell," said local filmmaker Skizz Cyzyk.

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