The Freedom Files

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VIDEO SHORTS > Children Confined: Immigrant Detention at Hutto > Real ID: A Real Nightmare

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The Freedom Files launched in 2005 with a 10-part television series  featuring real clients and the attorneys who represent them, as well as well-known activists, actors and comedians Lewis Black, Margaret Cho, Richard Belzer, Harry Shearer, Judy Gold and Noah Wyle.

The Premiere Season episodes include Beyond the Patriot Act, Dissent, Drug Wars, Racial Profiling, Gay & Lesbian Rights and more.  It can be seen on public television is also available as a 2-DVD set at ACLU.tv.

Freedom Files video shorts are 90-second to two-minute videos that tell the story of pressing civil liberties issues in an easy-to-share format. Watch the Real ID - A Real Nightmare video and the Children Confined, the short on the Hutto detention facility.

Stayed tuned for the second season of The Freedom Files, which will include episodes on the death penalty, gay parenting, surveillance, immigrants rights and many other topics.

To learn more about the series, get interactive features, watch trailers and download viewers guides, visit ACLU.tv.

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