The First Amendment project, Sundance Channel & Court TV present
Type
Label
The First Amendment project, Sundance Channel & Court TV present
Language
eng
Characteristic
videorecording
Intended audience
Not rated
Main title
The First Amendment project
Medium
videorecording DVD
Responsibility statement
Sundance Channel & Court TV present
Runtime
67
Series statement
Sundance documentary collection
Summary
A compilation of three short films about the current state of freedom of speech and freedom of assembly in the United StatesFox vs. Franken: when comedian Al Franken used Fox News' phrase "Fair and balanced" in his satiric book, the network sued. Fox lost in court and Franken earned national notoriety with a bestsellerPoetic license: explores the implications of state-sponsored art through the story of New Jersey Poet Laureate Amiri Baraka and the outrage that erupted after a performance of his controversial poem, "Somebody blew up America," which is about the September 11 terrorist attacksSome assembly required: documents protestors at the 2004 Republican National Convention and examines the public's right to protest versus the need for public security
Target audience
general
Technique
live action
Classification
Contributor
- Van Peebles, Mario
- Walter, John
- Parish, Nancy
- Docurama (Firm)
- Malkovich, John
- Bhasker, Jeff
- Smith, Russell, 1954-
- Sundance Channel
- Sundance Channel Home Entertainment
- Streibig, Gregg
- Halfon, Lianne
- Sunstein, Cass R
- Franken, Al
- Hegedus, Chris
- Baraka, Amiri, 1934-2014
- Morgenstein, Grey
- Courtroom Television Network
- Vitale, Alex
- Johnson, Mark Henry
- Pennebaker, Frazer
- Pollitt, Katha
- Benjamin, Mark, 1947-
- Doob, Nick
- New Video Group
- Marshall, Rebecca
Subject
Content
Composer
Incoming Resources
- Has instance1
Outgoing Resources
- Classification1
- Contributor25
- Van Peebles, Mario
- Walter, John
- Parish, Nancy
- Docurama (Firm)
- Malkovich, John
- Bhasker, Jeff
- Smith, Russell, 1954-
- Sundance Channel
- Sundance Channel Home Entertainment
- Streibig, Gregg
- Halfon, Lianne
- Sunstein, Cass R
- Franken, Al
- Hegedus, Chris
- Baraka, Amiri, 1934-2014
- Morgenstein, Grey
- Courtroom Television Network
- Vitale, Alex
- Johnson, Mark Henry
- Pennebaker, Frazer
- Pollitt, Katha
- Benjamin, Mark, 1947-
- Doob, Nick
- New Video Group
- Marshall, Rebecca
- Genre3
- Subject11
- Content1
- Actor1
- Composer1