In Search of Liberty

I am a Christian homeschool mom of 2 young boys (8 and 2).. The movie was great until one scene.. The message was good, but they could have done without the evil faces, and seductive women paintings. Their point could have been conveyed in a different way. The scenes after that didn't seem to make much sense or have a point, This is definitely NOT a movie for young children!!!

I Homeschool and used this video to introduce the US Constitution to the kids. It was very easy for them to follow (ages 11 & 12), educational and they really enjoyed it too. I'm so glad I found this and purchased it. I would recommend it for all US families to watch and share with their friends and family too!

This condenses the origin of liberty down into 1 hour and 30 minutes. The only way to recover the liberty we have lost is to educate the people. This movie is a great primer to that end. Children born since it's construction have no way of knowing the 700 years of lessons that it took to construct the Constitution. And therefore they attack it and ignore it. They think because they went to 'law school', took a 'criminal justice' class, or a 'constitutional law' class that they understand the Constitution, this is incorrect. People in power have a vested interest to maintain power, and they unconsciously bastardize actual history with their unconscious bias. This movie points that out. Few teach the origin of liberty and it takes so much more than reading a headline to absorb all of the wisdom. The origin of liberty should be taught from the beginning of educating an individual. This would be a perfect movie to watch every year as a family and glean the wisdom of history from it. Without the knowledge we act on whims, we choose the easiest solution, we focus on the wrong problems. "government give me safety", even "government punish my neighbor for having a messy yard", "i have a right to food, clothing, education", and so much more. We don't even realize today the liberty we've lost because we have forgotten what liberty is. Those things are not liberty. Without understanding the 700 years of wisdom it's impossible to grasp the logical conclusions that come from what people think they want in the moment. I love this movie, for without knowledge, there can be no liberty. @PromotinLiberty

One can easily guess that if a movie has a relatively medium to high rating despite only 50 ratings and barely 5 reviews, it's a pile of trash most people don't even care enough to rate/review it.

One could also guess that it's a cheaply made piece of corporate conservative propaganda simply judging from the very, very cheap production value, if there even was any, and not another case of "this is what we had access to." It's obvious just from the many scenes shot on remote grass fields and during the day.

Another apparent thing is that, despite claiming to be all about the Constitution and Bill of Rights, the makers and actors know very little of either and only talk vaguely about what applies to them directly. Same as people who take the Bible literally. There's a Venn diagramm of these 2 groups overlapping because it's basically the same group of bigots.

The only good thing about this movie is that it's not free, so if anyone wants to poison their minds with revisionist history and enjoys half and quarter truths, you have to pay for a lesson in brain damage.

I am a homeschool mom, so I'm always looking for ways other than books to get my kids interested in learning. Movies are a great way to do that. We did a unit study on the Constitution, and then we watched In Search of Liberty. My kids loved the movie. It was very thorough and explained why the Constitution is still important today. It wasn't dry and boring. There's time travel, magic, and it spices up the history of our country. Although it might not be the movie I would choose for a family movie night, it was worth the purchase price. I would recommend this movie for educational purposes.