Lauded as the most influential thinker of the Western world, psychology professor Jordan Peterson has become a polarizing paradox. After sparking both outrage and support for his stand against Canadian human rights legislation in late 2016, Peterson quickly transformed into a famous public intellectual and internationally best-selling author. SHUT HIM DOWN offers an intimate look into the controversy that started over alternate gender pronouns and left us with two stories about Peterson: Is he a heroic cultural warrior who pushes boundaries and transforms people's lives for the better? Or is he a bigoted peddler of regressive ideas that cause harm?

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A sobering look at the erosion of democracy & freedom of the press in the United States and abroad.

Ira is one of America's unsung champions of civil rights and liberties. As his generation retires fr...

In the run-up to parliamentary elections in mid-October, Polish filmmaker Marcin Wierzchowski travel...

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For 40 years, the community-organizing group ACORN advocated for America’s poorest communities, whil...

Florida, 1994. Artist Mike Diana is convicted on an obscenity charge in the wake of an undercover po...
Take a seat with us at FIRE’s first-ever classical music concert in support of free expression: “Out...

How free and independent is the press in Europe? In recent years, multiple crises and the rise of au...

Inspired by real events, this ribald comedy pits an unlikely gang of students against their principa...

A campus culture war between Blacks and whites at a predominantly white Ivy League college comes to ...

In 1973, eleven year old Miguelito was discovered singing in the San Juan airport by the legendary N...

A documentary about Hans Zimmer's tour in 2017.

A documentary about the life choices of seven men and one woman who left their home countries and mo...

Anthology of six short films, including: Dizzy Gillespie Chicken Real Cigarette Blues God Respec...

Twelve St. Petersburg teenagers who were convicted of crimes of varying severity receive a pardon, a...

The early retired Gert spends the last summer in his garden, a place that has become a real home for...

This short film speaks to how hard it is to teach in a violent atmosphere. Teachers have to adapt to...