Twenty-eight people offer their motivations for and methods of resisting the war machine with their tax money. This tightly-paced short film introduces viewers to war tax refusal and redirecting tax dollars to peace, with music by Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings, Antibalas, Rude Mechanical Orchestra, and First Strike Theatre’s version of “Don’t Pay Taxes” by Charlie King.

Interviews with Maila Nurmi, who famously played the horror hostess Vampira

While musing on how they would prefer to die, six aging friends hatch Operation Bon Voyage au Chocolate: When life is no longer worth living, they'll sail off into the sunset while they eat enough chocolate to literally kill them. The pals periodically reunite on a boat off the North Carolina coast to share their joys, doubts and struggles -- and to determine if the time is ripe to set their plan in motion. Bud Dowdey directs this dark indie comedy.