Shouting Fire: Stories from the Edge of Free Speech (2009)
75 min
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.
- Release date
- January 20, 2009
- Country of origin
- United States
- Music
- Miriam Cutler
Trailer
Cast
- Martin Garbus as Self - attorney, father of Liz Garbus
- Liz Garbus as Self - daughter of Martin Garbus
- Ken Starr as Self - Dean, Pepperdine University
- Jack M. Sleeth as Self - first amendment attorney
- Eric Foner as Self - professor, Columbia University
- Josh Wolf as Self - blogger
- Donna Lieberman as Self - executive director, New York Civil Liberties Union
- Richard Posner as Self - judge, U. S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Crew
- William Bradford Huie · Archive footage
- J. Edgar Hoover · Archive footage
- Liz Garbus · Director
- Liz Garbus · Producer
- Rory Kennedy · Producer
- Jed Rothstein · Producer
- Miriam Cutler · Composer
- Tom Hurwitz · Cinematographer
- Karen Sim · Editor