Mighty Ira

Great movie, it raises awareness to something most people don't know, along with teaching us how freedom of speech is for everyone, not just the side you are on.

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.

As a (former) member of the ACLU I was curious to learn about the organization's golden era, which I'm informed took place under the stewardship of Mr. Glasser. The doc doesn't disappoint--Glasser's life story is fascinating, the historical footage is well used and the defense of the 1st Amendment is perfectly articulated..

Mighty Ira shows how a principled man can make all the difference.

Ira Glasser looked a Holocaust survivor in the eyes as he told him he will fight for the right of a Neo-Nazi group to exercise their First Amendment rights. Glasser is a man to admire because he chooses to do what he believes is right in an honest, compassionate, and uncompromising manner.

The story, pacing, and cinematography are all well-done. The film does not try to be anything other than it is-a story about a man who believes in the ideals of liberty and navigates his way through a messy world in order to live up to them.

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.