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Libertarian Movies, Films & Documentaries

Tap It: The NSA Slow Jam (featuring @goremy)

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In Tap It: The NSA Slow Jam, comedian/songwriter Remy serves up a smooth beat on the subject of the NSA's surveillance of Americans. … [Read more...]

MLK/FBI | Documentary

A documentary examination of newly declassified files reveals that the US government used its powers to unconstitutionally surveil and harass Martin Luther King, Jr. [ MLK/FBI credits: Dir: Sam Pollard/ 104 min/ Documentary/ Abuse of Power, Freedom of Speech, Search & Seizure/ 2020] External Reviews "A useful overview of a chilling abuse of federal power.” --National … [Read more...]

Do Not Resist (2016)

do not resist

An examination of the increasingly casual and routine use by ordinary police of military tactics and high-powered weaponry, and how such militarization is changing the citizen-state relationship. [ Do Not Resist credits: Dir: Craig Atkinson/ 72 min/ Documentary/ Law & Liberty, Search & Seizure, Legalize Drugs] "No doubt there are moments when military-grade … [Read more...]

Snowden (2016)

snowden

When a National Security Agency (NSA) employee discovers the agency is routinely spying on American citizens, in violation of the US Constitution, he risks all to tell the American public. Based on a true story. [ Snowden credits: Dir: Oliver Stone/ Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Shailene Woodley, Melissa Leo/ 134 min/ Biography, Drama, Thriller/ Search & Seizure, Working for … [Read more...]

Deep Web (2015)

deep web

The trial of Ross Ulbricht -- a.k.a. 'Dread Pirate Roberts' -- reveals a battle between libertarian techies trying to build and maintain a decentralized, encrypted and unregulated Internet and government operatives trying to stop them. [ Deep Web credits: Dir: Alex Winter/ 90 min/ Documentary/ Legalize Drugs, Search & Seizure] External Reviews "Alex Winter’s Deep … [Read more...]

Civil Asset Forfeiture: Libertarian Video Shorts

Forfeiture

Comedian John Oliver mocks civil forfeiture law, highlighting abusive cases. [16 min] Philadelphia uses forfeiture law to seize citizen property on a routine basis to fund, among other things -- salaries for its own staff.  [4 min] Two IRS agents seize an innocent grandmother's money because she made regular cash deposits from her small business; she … [Read more...]

Citizenfour (2014)

Citizenfour

ACADEMY AWARD WINNER: BEST DOCUMENTARY WINNER: TOP 25 LIBERTARIAN DOCUMENTARIES The story of how Edward Snowden revealed for the first time bombshell proof that the U.S. government is routinely and secretly engaged in domestic spying. [ Citizenfour credits: Dir: Laura Poitras/ 114 min/ Documentary/ Fourth Amendment, Search & Seizure] "Citizenfour is a well-made … [Read more...]

Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014)

winter soldier

A WWII veteran, transformed into a superhero by an experimental serum, discovers that the counter-terrorism unit for which he works has been corrupted and that its plans to preemptively eliminate threats through global surveillance may be a cover for something more insidious. [ Captain America: The Winter Soldier credits: Dir: Anthony Russo, Joe Russo/ Chris Evans, Samuel L. … [Read more...]

United States of Secrets (2014)

United States of Secrets

PBS Frontline examines the secret history of the U.S. government's unprecedented global surveillance program and the role played by Silicon Valley. [ United States of Secrets credits: Dir: Michael Kirk/ 168 min (Part 1 & Part 2 combined)/ Documentary/ Search & Seizure] External Reviews "A blow-by-blow account of the Bush administration’s embrace of potentially … [Read more...]

The Lives of Others (2006)

the lives of others

An East German Stasi agent becomes obsessed with the lives of a young couple he has been assigned to surveil. [ The Lives of Others credits: Dir: Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck/ 137 min/ Drama, Thriller, Foreign/ Anti-socialism, Search & Seizure/ German] External Reviews "The Lives of Others is that rare thing: a best foreign language Oscar-winner that fully … [Read more...]

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Covid Response Pitch Meeting: Harrison Hill Smith

This hilarious skit by Comedian Harrison Hill Smith reimagines the government's initial Covid response pitch meeting among experts. If you're wondering how authorities could have made their response so haphazard and contradictory, this is one scenario. h/t Instapundit … Continue Reading

Amazing Grace

Amazing Grace (2006)

WINNER: TOP 25 LIBERTARIAN FILMS Inspired by Christian teachings against slavery, William Wilberforce leads an arduous but ultimately victorious life-long battle to abolish the slave trade. [ Amazing Grace credits: Dir: Michael Apted/ Ioan Gruffudd, Benedict Cumberbatch, Albert Finney/ 111 min/ Drama, … Continue Reading

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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 … Continue Reading

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This site is a collection of films and documentaries of particular interest to libertarians (and those interested in libertarianism). It began as a book, Miss Liberty’s Guide to Film: Movies for the Libertarian Millennium, where many of the recommended films were first reviewed. The current collection has grown to now more than double the number in that original list, and it’s growing still.

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