The ACLU recognizes that when vital civil liberties issues are addressed on screen, stage, canvas, and the page, so too are they addressed over the dinner table. RCA uses the arts and popular culture as a platform for civil liberties discussions with the artists and other professionals who create entertainment, as well as with the audiences and students who are its consumers.

American Violet

Based on the racially charged scandal that rocked Hearne, Texas, several years ago, the film explores the devastating impact of America's "war on drugs".

The Least Of These

Chronicles the ACLU's successful legal challenge to the prison-like conditions at a Texas detention center where immigrant children and their families are held.

The End of America

Traces the ten steps that have historically led to the closing of open societies in other nations, including secret prisons where torture takes place, surveillance of ordinary citizens, and arbitrary detention and release of citizens.

Battle in Seattle

What's at stake when our fundamental right to protest is put to test? Based on the real events of November 1999 when thousands took to the streets to protest of the World Trade Organization's Ministerial Meeting.

Secrecy

By focusing on classified secrets, the government's ability to put information out of sight if it would harm national security, the film explores the tensions between our safety as a nation, and our ability to function as a democracy.

Trumbo

Trumbo tells the story of blacklisted screenwriter Dalton Trumbo's courage in resolutely refusing to name names before the House Un-American Activities Committee in the darkest days of the anti-Communist witch hunts of the 1940s and 50s.

The Visitor

The Visitor starring Richard Jenkins grapples with the issues of the treatment of immigrants and the legal process post 9/11.

Standard Operating Procedure

Errol Morris' documentary explores how the soldiers at Abu Ghraib were scapegoated as "a few bad apples" to cover up the torture policies that were authorized at the highest levels of the Bush administration.

At The Death House Door

Reverend Carroll Pickett reflects on his career and personal journey as death row chaplain at the Huntsville Prison, and what he hopes to accomplish as an anti-death penalty advocate.

Taxi To The Dark Side

Alex Gibney's Academy Award-winning documentary addresses a key question: What happens when a few people expand wartime executive powers to undermine the very principles on which the United States was founded?

The Trials Of Darryl Hunt

Told from the point of view of Hunt, the wrongfully convicted man, and Mark Rabil, the unyielding defense attorney, examines a community and criminal justice system subject to racial bias and tainted by fear.

Rendition

Rendition is a movie about the CIA's kidnapping and torture of a fictional person. If only rendition were fiction.

Civic Duty

Civic Duty takes a controversial look at fear and prejudice in the highly charged atmosphere of post 9/11 America.

Shut Up & Sing

The lives and careers of the Dixie Chicks, from national-anthem-singing darlings of country music and top-selling female recording artists of all time to unintentional rebels, vilified for daring to speak out against a president at the height of his popularity.

Ghosts Of Abu Ghraib

In Ghosts of Abu Ghraib, acclaimed filmmaker Rory Kennedy investigates the abuse and torture of prisoners in the infamous Iraqi prison.

The US vs John Lennon

Flashes back to a time of an increasingly unpopular war, a restive public, a president engaged in secret surveillance, and the world-famous musician who spoke out in protest of the war and was threatened with deportation as a result.

This Film Is Not Yet Rated

Provocative art and in-your-face entertainment put our commitment to free speech to the test. This Film Is Not Yet Rated examines who's deciding what we see on screen?

The Road to Guantanamo

Part drama, part documentary, The Road to Guantánamo focuses on the Tipton Three, a trio of British Muslims who were held in Guantanamo Bay for two years until they were released without charge.

An Evening Without

At An Evening Without, prominent authors and actors read from the works of foreign writers, scholars, and political figures who were once, or who are now, banned from the United States because our government does not like their political opinions.

Dirty Wars

Dirty Wars is an evening of readings during the PEN World Voices Festival, highlighting the U.S. government's unlawful use of torture and cruelty, secret and arbitrary detention, and extraordinary rendition in its counterterrorism efforts.

Something to Hide

Something to Hide features readings by writers and artists designed to provoke reflection on controversial post-9/11 government surveillance programs in the U.S.

inSECURITY

"inSECURITY" features award-winning poets Steve Connell and Sekou (tha misfit) performing their dynamic, inspiring poetry that speaks out for civil liberties and slams the Bush administration's abuse of power.

Unabridged

From spoken word artists Steve Connell and Sekou (tha misfit), a collection of poetry written for the ACLU celebrating the power of words and capturing the passion behind battles in the courtrooms and in Congress.

At the Oscars

The ACLU on the red carpet. Artists hope to shut down Guantanamo.

Membership Conference

Artists take action at the ACLU Membership Conference.