Civil Liberties

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  Podcast: Forms of Life

  Laura Poitras on the War on Terror and Surveillance

  November 28, 2012 - 

  In this episode of Forms of Life, Creative Time’s chief curator, Nato Thompson, speaks with award-winning filmmaker Laura Poitras about her trilogy of documentaries centered on post-9/11 America.  More

  By Nato Thompson and Laura Poitras

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  Video

  License to Kill, License to Expose Killings

  November 26, 2012 - 

  Just blocks away from London’s upscale department store Harrods, and its James Bond window display, sits Julian Assange in the Ecuadorian embassy. Thierry Geoffroy asks: Which spy is the hero, and which the criminal?  More

  By Thierry Geoffroy

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  Video

  Israel: The State of African Refugees

  November 12, 2012 - 

  60,000 African migrants, escaping violence in their home countries, now face protests, attacks, detainment and deportation in Israel. Artist Elham Rokni documents the new climate of fear for immigrants living in Israel illegally in a video entitled Capture.  More

  By Elham Rokni

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  Audio Interview

  The Right to Challenge: The ACLU Heads to the Supreme Court

  October 26, 2012 - 

  This Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments from the ACLU challenging the constitutionality of the FISA Amendments Act of 2008. We speak with Director of the ACLU, Center for Democracy, Jameel Jaffer the lead attorney appearing before the court this Monday.  More

  By Rajkamal Kahlon

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  Audio Dispatch

  I Ran into Iran:
  To Burn or Not to Burn a Flag

  September 28, 2012 - 

  I ran into Iran talks with artists Dread Scott and Nima Esmailpour about flag burning in the United States and Iran. Who burns a U.S. flag? Why do they do it? Has the context in which the flag is burned changed over the years?  More

  By Benjamin Lindquist, Kioomars Marzban and Katayoun Vaziri