The Sydney Forum opened with a screening from the Wikileaks series: “Did You Have Any Idea?” which has been put together by media artist Cathy Vogan with the help of producer Jake Lloyd Jones. This compilation, tailor-made for the live event, features statements and interviews with Noam Chomsky, Daniel Ellsberg, Julian Burnside, Nozomi Hayase and John Pilger.The 18:28m video below is reportedly a preview of a documentary called "Crimes of Obedience". I wasn't able to find out anything more about the film as of this posting.
The video examines the issue of obedience to authority and its role in committing, and collaborating with, war crimes. As I see it, the problem of obedience in committing all kinds of crimes and social injustices stems from the need of any class-structured society to indoctrinate in its citizens this requirement to show deference to authority figures. This indoctrination is a prominent feature of hierarchy which makes possible the dominance of a few (ruling class) over the many.