Jailed For Their Words

Montana Sedition Act Of 1918

Jailed For Their Words: When Free Speech Died in Wartime America tells the fascinating story of Montanans imprisoned during WWI as part of the Montana Sedition Act of 1918 for criticizing America's war effort. Through powerful memoir, national expert commentary, archival footage, descendent interviews and re-enactments, the film highlights the importance of free speech in wartime America and ultimately of our first amendment rights.

Entangled in a distant war...
a nation lost sight of its highest values. Men and women who spoke out against the war were punished. Their families were torn apart. In Montana, scores of people were convicted of sedition, merely for criticizing the war effort or for refusing to prove their loyalty by buying war bonds. Some were sent to prison for up to 20 years.


57 minutes
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Produced and directed in Montana by acclaimed filmmaker Gita Saedi Kiely and narrated by J.K. Simmons, Jailed For Their Words resonates in today's world and sounds a warning for tomorrow.

http://www.seditionproject.net/

http://shop.montanapbs.org/issues-events/montana/jailed-for-their-words.html

A project of the University of Montana School of Journalism

Project Director: Professor Clemens P. Work

Copyright 2008 ~ University of Montana School of Journalism / West of Kin Productions

* I claim no copyright or ownership to this video and will be happy to remove if asked. I felt this was a very important and relevant documentary film that needs to be seen by as many people as possible.

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• sedition
• history
• pbs
• hidden
• sad
• patriots
• anti-war
• peace
• Montana
• documentary
• 1918
• WWI

[barbstewart]

Thank you. A remarkable video...

[jdd53]

@barbstewart your welcome

[ScottHaley12]

Astounding story...and how unfortunate that the ones who bluster about patriotism are the first to wrongly take away another's freedom.

[honestkenny]

It has become a fact to me, that the messages of true value to society generally have less than 1000 views on this website.

[mhilarius]

Please be sure to co-operate with the TSA when you travel.