WINNER: TOP 25 LIBERTARIAN FILMS ACADEMY AWARD NOMINEE: BEST PICTURE AIDS patient Ron Woodroof defies the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to smuggle unapproved pharmaceutical drugs into the U.S. in order to treat fellow victims of HIV. Based on a true story. [ Dallas Buyers Club credits: Dir: Jean-Marc Vallee/ Matthew McConaughey, Jennifer Garner, Jared Leto/ 117 min/ … [Read more...]
Still Mine (2012)
WINNER: TOP 25 LIBERTARIAN FILMS When a rural farmer builds a new home as a kindness to his ailing wife, a government bureaucrat threatens to tear it down for building code violations. Based on a true story. [ Still Mine credits: Dir: Michael McGowan/ James Cromwell, Ronan Rees, Geneviève Bujold/ 102 min/ Drama/ Anti-regulation, Individualism] “It would be hard to … [Read more...]
Derrick J’s Victimless Crime Spree (2012)
WINNER: TOP 25 LIBERTARIAN DOCUMENTARIES Libertarian activist Derrick J. Freeman chronicles his arrest and incarceration for five "crimes" -- videoing police, dancing in a public place, smoking cannabis, wearing a hat in court, and riding a bike -- in a civil disobedience spree that demonstrates just how petty and dangerous is our ever-expanding body of law. [ Derrick J's … [Read more...]
Atlas Shrugged Movie Trilogy (2011, 2012, 2014)
Atlas Shrugged Part 1 (2011) Creative and hard-working entrepreneurs fight government red tape and interference to build a railroad that will save the country…but are harried by a secret enemy who is somehow convincing the most talented workers to quit. [ Atlas Shrugged credits: Dir: Paul Johansson/ Taylor Schilling, Grant Bowler, Matthew Marsden/ 97 min/ Drama/ Ayn Rand, … [Read more...]
The Lego Movie (2014)
An ordinary Lego character joins a team of heroes to fight a government-backed crony capitalist, who intends to destroy the creative potential of the Lego world by gluing everything into place. [ The Lego Movie credits: Dir: Phil Lord, Christopher Miller/ Chris Pratt, Will Ferrell, Elizabeth Banks/ 100 min/ Animated, Comedy/ Anti-Regulation] External Reviews “There’s one … [Read more...]
The Rise and Rise of Bitcoin (2014)
Overview of entrepreneurs and startups that are forging a potential paradigm shift in humanity's principal means of exchange, from (easily-inflated) government fiat monies to a revolutionary new open-source digital currency. [ The Rise and Rise of Bitcoin credits: Dir: Nicholas Mross/ 90-100min (estimated, in post-production)/ Documentary/ Anti-regulation, Creator-as-hero, … [Read more...]
Locked Out: A Mississippi Success Story (2014)
Entrepreneur Melony Armstrong fights the state of Mississippi in a seven-year battle to overcome restrictive licensing laws, and opens the first professional African hair braiding salon in the state. [ Locked Out: A Mississippi Success Story credits: Dir: Sean W. Malone/ 27 min/ Documentary/ Anti-regulation, Creator-as-hero, Pro-capitalism] Full documentary: External … [Read more...]
Dog Days (2013)
WINNER: TOP 25 LIBERTARIAN DOCUMENTARIES A budding entrepreneur and an immigrant hot dog vendor risk all to create a new business, but must overcome a hostile regulatory environment to do so. [ Dog Days credits: Dir: Laura Waters Hinson & Kasey Kirby/ 75 min/ Documentary/ Creator as Hero, Pro-immigration, Anti-regulation] External Reviews "The documentary Dog Days … [Read more...]
Junk Science (1997)
An exposé of (bogus) popularly reported scientific results reveals that science is often twisted to meet social, commercial, and political agendas. [ Junk Science credits: Executive Producer: Victor Neufeld/ Journalist: John Stossel/ 60 min/ Documentary-Educational/ Anti-Regulation, John Stossel] "An entertaining and informative documentary, and a useful antidote to … [Read more...]
Are We Scaring Ourselves to Death? (1994)
A rational examination of popular fears—revealing that government and the public have the wrong safety priorities. [ Are We Scaring Ourselves to Death? credits: Executive Producer: Victor Neufeld/ Journalist: John Stossel/ 50 min/ Documentary-Educational/ Anti-Regulation, John Stossel, Junk Science] "A very interesting and intelligent documentary. Stossel treats the … [Read more...]