Not Without Danger

Not Without Danger is the story of an against-all-odds pilgrimage in London double-decker buses by an unlikely band of peace activists in response to the 2003 invasion of Iraq, an action that positively impacted the lives of hundreds of thousands of Iraqi civilians. The idea was simple. The buses would travel overland from London to Baghdad, gathering up anti-war protesters as they went. When the passengers reached Iraq they would volunteer as human shields, taking up residence in key civilian locations across the country. Relying on the assumption that Western lives would be valued more than Iraqi lives by the allies, the activists hoped to deter bombing and maybe even avoid war altogether. The reality - logistical nightmares, mechanical failures, bitter in-fighting and condemnation by the press and politicians - was different.