Free Journalism Documentaries

Emmy Award-winning filmmaker Liz Garbus explores the current state of free speech in America and gives viewers a fascinating perspective on the First Amendment throughout our history.

Landmark radio programmes from the BBC World Service archive.

Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media (1992) is a documentary film that explores the political life and ideas of Noam Chomsky, a linguist, intellectual, and political activist.

Spin is a 1995 documentary film by Brian Springer composed of raw satellite feeds featuring politicians' pre-appearance planning. It covers, not only the presidential election, but also the 1992 Los Angeles riots as well as the Operation Rescue abortion protests.

Watch the entire original broadcast of one of the most celebrated documentaries of all time, 1960's "Harvest of Shame," in which Edward R. Murrow exposed the plight of America's farm workers.

Control Room is a 2004 documentary film about Al Jazeera and its relations with the US Central Command (CENTCOM), as well as the other news organizations that covered the 2003 invasion of Iraq. Made by Egyptian-American filmmaker Jehane Noujaim, the film was distributed by Magnolia Pictures (owned by 2929 Entertainment).

There were two wars in Iraq--a military assault and a media war. The former was well-covered; the latter was not.

The one-hour 1998 documentary film, Project Censored: Is the Press Really Free, in its entirety. The film explores the mechanisms of news censorship in the mainstream media.

Wikirebels is the first documentary ever made about the birth and rise of WikiLeaks. SVT's television team was given the opportunity to follow the behind-the-scenes operations and the growth of the secretive WikiLeaks organisation, and also get unique interviews with Julian Assange.

This award-winning documentary recounts the remarkable life of John G Morris, the revered Life Magazine photo-journalist who was involved in the D-Day Normandy landings.