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World Citizen #1 - Garry Davis. The World is my Country is a feature length documentary of the life of Garry Davis. In May 1948, a US Army pilot, anguished over bombing a citizens in a German city, gives up his national citizenship and, as astonished Embassy officials look on, declares himself a citizen of the world. His act galvanizes war-weary Europe, and along with his succeeding bold actions, sparks a massive movement that paves the way for passage of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Hailed by Albert Einstein for the sacrifices he has made for the well-being of humanity, extolled by Buckminster Fuller as the New World Man, and egged on by Eleanor Roosevelt to start a worldwide international government, Garry Davis undertakes a 65 year quest for a better way to run our world. In the decades that followed, until the end of his long life, he remained by choice a stateless man ? traveling (and being detained) on a passport of his own devising. His rationale was simple, his aim immense: if there were no nation states, there would be no wars. Bookended by comments from the incomparable Martin Sheen, who is legendary for his own revolutionary ideals, My Country is the World and the World is My Stage is the colorful and stirring story of World Citizen #1, Garry Davis. A former Broadway songand-dance man, Davis devoted his life to promoting peace; at the same time he was a gadfly to official governments around the world. Director Arthur Kanegis masterfully uses archival footage along with Davis? on-stage mesmerizing storytelling to present one of most enlightening histories ever to be shown on film. Be forewarned: this film may inspire you to become one of more than 950,000 like-minded activists around the world. ?Ben F. Fischer