FIRE’s Feature Documentary: ‘Mighty Ira’
MOVIE
Amid high-profile controversies surrounding free speech and racial equality, former ACLU Executive Director Ira Glasser reflects on his life at the forefront of defending the rights of all Americans.
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FIRE Films & Shorts
FIRE has produced two feature-length documentaries about free speech history and culture in the United States, as well as hundreds of shorter videos, which can be found on our YouTube channel. Through videos, FIRE educates Americans about the importance of our inalienable rights and promotes a culture of respect for these rights.
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Bodies Upon the Gears
Documentary Short
Witness the birth of the free speech movement. Back in 1964, in light of growing political unrest, the University of California, Berkeley, banned all political speech on campus. In response, a group of college students— Students for Goldwater, conservatives, liberals, and communists— joined forces to create the Free Speech Movement.
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More FIRE Films
Can We Take a Joke?
Movie
Gilbert Gottfried, Penn Jillette, Lisa Lampanelli, Adam Carolla and others detail outrage culture's stifling impact on stand-up comedy and the exchange of ideas.
John McWhorter: Uncensored
Interview
FIRE sits down with linguist, writer, author, and college professor John McWhorter to discuss social media mobs, safetyism, and free speech.
First Amendment defender Christian DeJohn
Documentary Short
Meet the U.S. Cavalry veteran who battled for First Amendment freedoms — and won.
WATCH VIDEO: THE SONG THE FBI INVESTIGATED FOR TWO YEARS!!
Why did the FBI investigate this classic rock song?
FIRE VIDEOS
The Kingsmen faced accusations of corrupting America's youth after popularizing the song “Louie Louie.” The moral panic got so loud that the FBI spent over two years determinedly searching for “obscene lyrics.”
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FIRE Shorts
Lenny Bruce: The Last Convicted Comedian
On the 20th anniversary of his pardon for "word crimes," Lenny Bruce remains an important free speech icon and a hero to comedians everywhere. FIRE reflects on the legacy of the legendary comedian, who died penniless of a drug overdose after being convicted for violating New York obscenity and indecency laws.
Would "hate speech" laws have stopped the Nazis?
FIRE Senior Fellow and former ACLU President Nadine Strossen discusses what is commonly known as The Weimar Fallacy: The idea that, if only the Weimar Republic in Germany had tamped down on Nazis and anti-Semitic speech, Hitler's rise and the horrors of the Holocaust could have been averted.
From Tiananmen Square to China's Most Wanted
Thirty five years ago, the Chinese government brutally crushed the protests in Tiananmen Square. Zhou Fengsuo, a Tiananmen student leader, wants to make sure the world doesn’t forget what happened that day.