Shouting Fire: Stories from the Edge of Free Speech (2009)
Documentary
DVD, 75 minutes
Country:
USA
Director:
Liz Garbus
Producer:
Nancy Abraham
| Prudence Arndt
| Liz Garbus
| Matthew Justus
| Ariel Kalishman
| Rory Kennedy
| Sheila Nevins
| Jed Rothstein
| Amy Shatsky-Gambrill
| Karen Sim
Music:
Miriam Cutler
Plot outline
First Amendment attorney Martin Garbus talks about the history and current state of free speech in America
Cast
- Martin Garbus
- Liz Garbus
- Ken Starr
- Jack M. Sleeth
- Eric Foner
- Josh Wolf
- Donna Lieberman
- William Bradford Huie
- Richard Posner
- J. Edgar Hoover
- Joseph McCarthy
- Joseph N. Welch
- Joan Wallach Scott
- Ward Churchill
- Alan Colmes
- Bill O'Reilly
- Ellen Schrecker
- Anne Neal
- David Horowitz
- Bill Owens
- Phil DiStefano
- David Lane
- Debbie Almontaser
- Dennis Walcott
- Glenn Beck
- Michael Feinberg
- Daniel Pipes
- Pamela Hall
- Floyd Abrams
- Leslie Cagan
- Albert Smith
- Frank Collin
- Chase Harper
- Joey Ramelli
- Kevin Theriot
- Daniel Ellsberg
- Raymond W. Kelly
- Eugene O'Donnell
- John Ashcroft
- Zell Miller
- Roy M. Cohn
- Richard Pryor
- Joseph Stalin
- Michael Bloomberg
- George W. Bush
- Emma Goldman
- Joel Klein
- Robert McNamara
Plots
- A documentary look at the changing interpretations of the first amendment of the U.S. Constitution - laws and court cases that have alternatively broadened and narrowed the amendment's protection of free speech and assembly. The film's thesis is that post-9/11 the government has seized unprecedented license to surveil, intimidate, arrest, and detain citizens and foreigners alike. The film also looks back to the Pentagon Papers' case and compares it to cases since 9/11 dealing with high school students' speech and protesters marching in New York City during the 2004 Republican convention. Comment comes from a range of scholars, pundits, and advocates. Written by