Melinda Raebyne, the 2023 Free Speech Award Winner, Helps the Cuban People Scream for Freedom
Melinda Raebyne has a passion for telling a hero's story and showcasing the resiliency of the human spirit. ...
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Director Eugene Marlow Shares How Winning the 2022 Free Speech Award for Jazz in China Inspired His Future Projects
The value of Free Speech and freedom of expression has been woven into the fabric of director Eugene Marlow's life since he was a child....
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Wu-Ching Chang, Director of 2022 Official Selection Winner My Grandmother is an Egg, Will Be June SPEAK EZ Guest
Wu-Ching Chang is an award-winning animation director who is passionate about female empowerment, modernity, and humanistic perspectives....
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Kermit Roosevelt III, Constitutional Law Professor and Award-Winning Writer, is May SPEAK EZ Guest
In his latest book, Kermit Roosevelt argues that “our fundamental values, particularly equality, are not part of the vision of the Founders. Instead, they were stated in Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address and were the hope of Reconstruction, when it was possible to envision the emergence of the nation committed to liberty and equality.” ...
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Coralie Van Rietschoten, Director of 2022 Official Selection Winner Chinese Cancan: Lulu, a Chinese Woman Will Be April SPEAK EZ Guest
Coralie Van Rietschoten will share her thoughts Free Speech and how filming the documentary about Lulu helped her find her own voice....
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Raheel Raza, participant in 2015 Free Speech Award-winner Honor Diaries, to appear at March SPEAK EZ Workshop
Honor Diaries profiled nine women who all experienced firsthand the hardships and gender-based violence women endure in Muslim-majority societies....
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2022 |
Jazz in China |
2021 |
Footsteps on the Wind |
2020 |
Boxed |
2019 |
Suppressed: The Fight to Vote |
2018 |
Team ENOUGH |
2017 |
Free Speech Fear Free |
2016 |
I Will Not Be Silenced |
2015 |
Honor Diaries |
2013 |
Crossroads: Labor Pains of a New Worldview |
2012 |
Free China: The Courage to Believe |
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The Free Speech Blog generates original materials that highlight Free Speech heroes, historical facts, and discoveries made by American INSIGHT during its ongoing research into the history of Free Speech.
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The Free Speech STORYLINE documents the evolution of Free Speech, Human Rights, and the Rule of Law since the sealing of the Magna Carta in 1215. American INSIGHT’s Free Speech Award-winning film is added to the Free Speech Storyline every year.