AN ARTIST RESPONDS TO WAR

AN ARTIST RESPONDS TO WAR

Peter Schumann and the Bread & Puppet Theater

Featuring a Post-Screening Q+A with filmmaker Robbie Leppzer

Wednesday, December 2, 2026 at 7:30pm • $10 • Cornucopia Natural Wellness Market • 384 Dwight Street • Holyoke, MA 01040

AN ARTIST RESPONDS TO WAR is a vibrant portrait of Peter Schumann, the visionary founder of the Bread & Puppet Theater, whose six decades of radical political performance have been forged from a single, searing childhood question: how do we as humans respond to the madness of war and violence?

AN ARTIST RESPONDS TO WAR chronicles Peter Schumann's use of paintings, puppets and theater productions to protest war from the Vietnam War in the 1960s to the current genocide in Gaza.

Drawing on original footage and a remarkable archive spanning 60 years, film director Robbie Leppzer offers an intimate window into the man, his art, and his unbroken faith that creativity can stand against the brutality of power.

In an age desperate for hopeful figures of cultural resistance, this new film is a testament to the radical, enduring idea that art is not a retreat from the world — it is a way of fighting for it.

For more information, visit: AnArtistRespondsToWar.com

This event is co-sponsored by the Cornucopia Natural Wellness Market and the Documentary News Service.

Space is limited - as we can only accommodate 45 people, so please purchase your ticket early. No one will be turned away for lack of funds.

REVIEWS:

“I just watched your deeply moving movie. I love your film. It is beautiful. The use of music is brilliant.”

– Roger Waters, co-founder of PINK FLOYD

“Filmmaker Robbie Leppzer is the master chronicler of contemporary movements of protest and social change. His latest work, AN ARTIST RESPONDS TO WAR, is beautifully filmed and immaculately edited with deeply evocative music. This is filmmaking of the very first order.”

– Sut Jhally, Professor Emeritus, University of Massachusetts at Amherst, Founder/Executive Director, Media Education Foundation