In Popular Culture
A live theater production entitled, "The Hearing of Jeremy Hinzman" was staged in August, 2012, in Toronto, Canada, as part of the annual "Summerworks" Theatre Festival. It was written by Josh Bloch & Oonagh Duncan, produced by Foundry Theatre Company, and directed by Richard Greenblatt (playwright). According to Toronto's Now Magazine, the drama was "Based on the real-life case of an Iraq war deserter who was put on trial in 2004 to determine his status as a refugee in Canada, this example of verbatim theatre debates the legality of the 2003 U.S. invasion, and the rights of individual soldiers to think for themselves."
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