Of Rights and Wrongs: The Threat to America’s Freedom

A documentary produced by the Alliance for Justice for its First Monday series, a television program centered on the activities of the U.S. Supreme Court. Introduced by Susan Sarandon, the film debates whether security in the U.S after 9/11 should be achieved at any cost, even at the expenses of the...

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Institution:Open Society Archives at Central European University
Language:English
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10891/osa:f25563dd-9272-475b-b5ee-e04aa1736ba0
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Summary:A documentary produced by the Alliance for Justice for its First Monday series, a television program centered on the activities of the U.S. Supreme Court. Introduced by Susan Sarandon, the film debates whether security in the U.S after 9/11 should be achieved at any cost, even at the expenses of the civil rights. Cases covered in the film include: an American citizen and Muslim woman forced to remove her headscarf at gunpoint in an airport security line; two Arab men in jail without a charge; college student investigated by the secret service because of a poster in her room questioning the death penalty. The film features interviews with historians, civil rights leaders, students, and relatives of the victims of the 9/11 attacks.