The Fight
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At a defining moment in American history, a scrappy team of heroic ACLU lawyers battles for abortion rights, immigrant rights, LGBTQ rights and voting rights.
Co-Presented with the ACLU of Maine
Following the film, view a pre-recorded discussion between Kerry Washington and the four ACLU lawyers featured in The Fight (Brigitte Amiri, Lee Gelernt, Dale Ho, and Chase Strangio). Patrons will also have free access to a live Q&A on Sunday 8/2 with the filmmakers and lawyers, moderated by Ann Hornaday of the Washington Post. This will be also be archived and available beyond 8/2.
Additionally, you can view a chat with Alison Beyea, Executive Director of the ACLU of Maine and Zach Heiden, Chief Counsel, ACLU of Maine with Brigitte Amiri from The Fight right now by following this link.
Only days after the 2017 inauguration of Donald Trump, furious Americans gathered at airports across the country in protest of the Muslim ban. But it was the efforts of the American Civil Liberties Union, waging the fight in federal court, that turned the tide, staying the executive order on grounds of unconstitutionality. The ACLU has never granted access to its offices, even as its battles—on the fronts of abortion rights, immigration rights, LGBT rights and voting rights—have become more timely and momentous than ever.
With The Fight, access has finally been granted to the filmmaking team of Eli B. Despres, Josh Kriegman and Elyse Steinberg, makers of 2016’s award-winning Weiner. Rousing, inspiring and slyly humorous, their latest documentary follows four seismically important cases and a handful of magnetic attorneys. These lawyers may not know how to charge a cell phone or operate a stand-up desk but have persuaded Supreme Court Justices, beating back serious encroachments upon our freedoms. An antidote to endless news cycles filled with tweet tantrums, The Fight inspires with the story of front-line warriors in the battle for the American soul.