Mighty Ira

A wonderful and powerful documentary about the importance of free speech. Not only does the film show how the best way to combat dangerous or hateful speech is with better speech, but it also shows to how to keep humanity even through ideological debate. I particularly appreciated learning about Ira's friendship with Buckley, and the conversations he has with a Skokie resident who survived The Holocaust. The film showed how people can disagree respectfully and still laugh together and enjoy each other's company.

Learned a lot not just about one man, but about a way of life and thinking that needs to be reintroduced to our hyper partisan world.

Now, more than ever, advocacy for free speech and the uninhibited exchange of ideas is essential to the maintenance of a free society. Perrino and FIRE do just that with this documentary. 100% recommend this film for spreading the contagious idea that more speech, not less, preserves a free and open society.

This documentary was as entertaining as any I have seen, even if you are not usually a Documentary fan. Getting to know Ira and learning about some of the historical challenges to the First amendment was perhaps even more relevant today than in the 70's. No matter your political inclination, it shows how we can disagree and still have powerful discussions that lead to valuing and supporting the foundations of our democracy.

Timeless story of a First Amendment freedom fighter and the ACLU. Many of the issues are as relevant today as they were in the 1970's. Commendations to Nico Perrino and his colleagues at the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE) for making this important film.

This is a movie everyone should watch and a concept everyone should know. It teaches us about how to lead and what we can do to make a positive effect on our community.