This film addresses the best and worst of free speech. The price of free speech, being free to make this video, is that we have to put up with insults. All of our opinions are valid and cannot be proven to be absolutely wrong or right. If we limit a person's right to express an opinion, who gets to set [...]
I wanted to show the two extremes of free speech. I created two characters, Ted, who is obnoxious and says what he wants knowing he's protected under the 1st amendment. And also Ernest, who is constantly afraid of offending other people even though he has the right to say whatever he pleases. I did this to show how neither extreme [...]
It is easy to defend the freedom of speech when it does not tread on people’s feelings or as long as it stays within the confines of what is “Politically Correct”, but when speech is offensive to groups in society can we truly say we have the right to say whatever we want? In my movie I discuss the difference [...]
In my video I hoped to convey to the viewers that words are only as bad as you make them out to be. I think Freedom of Speech should allow us to say just about anything we need to say. People should not have to sacrifice the use of certain words simply because it makes a few others uncomfortable. The [...]
The following letter opposing changes in existing Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) protections was sent to the Hill on Wednesday, October 20, 2010.
This documentary film was about Freedom of Speech. Yes, everyone has their right to say whatever they would like whenever. Where is the line drawn though? There is a time and place for everything and sometimes certain words shouldn't be said or not at all. This video is about a student who is minding their own business whenever Racism comes [...]
Join us on Monday, November 29, 2010 at 6:00 PM for NCAC’s annual benefit celebrating Free Speech and Its Defenders at City Winery in NYC.
my film is about how i struggle through out my 15(quiencenera)being gay and my parents not appoveing of it. my story also show reaction of a friends mother who found out about her daughter being gay also. i felt my story will inspire young teens to be able to come out to thier parents and not be ashamed. through out [...]
What began as a heated protest over Enrique Chagoya's artwork at the Loveland Museum in Colorado has ended in vandalism. A disgruntled woman ripped into Chagoya's controversial lithograph after she busted the artwork's plexiglass case with a crowbar. City council members, religious groups and individuals had hoped that the public pressure caused by the artwor's racy religious content would get Chagoya's piece yanked from the government-funded museum.
My film was made for the soldiers and there families. It's meant to be an inspirational film. It's to show them that we care about them and thank them for what they are doing.
Schwarzenegger v. Entertainment Merchants Association et al: The brief challenges a California law designed to prevent minors from purchasing "violent video games." The law requires that any violent video game "that is imported into or distributed in California for retail sale" be labeled with a two inch by two inch label marked "18."
Check out the video project: "Power, Taboo and the Artist," a series of video interviews with artists and curators worldwide. Missed the panels? You can watch and share these video webcasts and take a look at our photos.
This video is an example of how censorship is good in certain cases but should not be overused. This contains violence, partial nudity, and language. Yet, this video would be nothing without these elements. Censorship can increase the humor. Many agree that a bleeped out word can be more humorous than a curse word by itself. One cannot censor art. [...]
I chose the topic I did to explain how much disrespect there seems to be in free speech. Everyone is entitled to his or her own opinion but people do not seem to understand respect. I do not believe we should be censored but I do believe we shold have respect for one another!
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Tania Bruguera, Cuban installation and video artist discusses public funding in Cuba and the development of alternative institutions Tania Bruguera made these comments for a special internet video project organized by the National Coalition Against Censorship and the Vera List Center for Art and Politics at the New School on the 20th anniversary of the adoption of the Decency Clause. [...]
Tania Bruguera, Cuban installation and video artist discusses the effects of censorship. Tania Bruguera made these comments for a special internet video project organized by the National Coalition Against Censorship and the Vera List Center for Art and Politics at the New School on the 20th anniversary of the adoption of the Decency Clause. Invited artists are videotaping their responses [...]
Tania Bruguera, Cuban installation and video artist discusses the idea of public funding of art. Tania Bruguera made these comments for a special internet video project organized by the National Coalition Against Censorship and the Vera List Center for Art and Politics at the New School on the 20th anniversary of the adoption of the Decency Clause. Invited artists are [...]
Tania Bruguera, Cuban installation and video artist discusses the idea of "taboos" in contemporary culture. Tania Bruguera made these comments for a special internet video project organized by the National Coalition Against Censorship and the Vera List Center for Art and Politics at the New School on the 20th anniversary of the adoption of the Decency Clause. Invited artists are [...]
Ricardo Dominguez, Professor of Visual Arts at UC San Diego, talks about his own experience of censorship within the University of California and how it might lead to a chilling effect on faculty and students.
Raqs Media Collective, a contemporary art group from India, gives a statement on the effects of censorship. Raqs Media Collective made these comments for a special internet video project organized by the National Coalition Against Censorship and the Vera List Center for Art and Politics at the New School on the 20th anniversary of the adoption of the Decency Clause. [...]
David Glasser, Co-Chaiman of he Ben Uri Gallery in the London Museum of Art, talks about the censorship and need of public funding for institutions that portray sensitive issues in a thoughtful and respectful manner. Glasser made these comments for a special internet video project organized by the National Coalition Against Censorship and the Vera List Center for Art and [...]
Performance artist and Founding Director of Franklin Furnace Martha Wilson talks about the need of public funding for art that confronts people with reality and changes cultural discourse. Part of the Power, Taboo and the Artist video interview series produced by the National Coalition Against Censorship and the Vera List Center for Art and Politics at the New School on [...]
Artist Steve Lambert talks about the need for public funding of art that is not considered to be commercial. Lambert made these comments for a special internet video project organized by the National Coalition Against Censorship and the Vera List Center for Art and Politics at the New School on the 20th anniversary of the adoption of the Decency Clause. [...]
The story about a guy who just broke up with his girlfriends and just wandering around, hopeless. i choose this topic because it close to real life, people stuck in the break-up situation everyday. I wrote the script for this video in about an hour, wrote down the detail for every second of a music. After that i went to [...]
Artist Boryana Rossa talks about censorship trends in countries in the former Communist bloc. Rossa made these comments for a special internet video project organized by the National Coalition Against Censorship and the Vera List Center for Art and Politics at the New School on the 20th anniversary of the adoption of the Decency Clause. Invited artists are videotaping their [...]
NCAC sent the following letter to Stockton School District in Missouri concerning the challenge to Sherman Alexie’s The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian. The novel was used during the 2009-2010 school year as the all-school read for grades 9-12, and challenged because the content did not reflect "community values."
An invitation to young adult novelist Ellen Hopkins to speak about her experiences as a writer was rescinded by the Superintendent of the Humble (Texas) Independent School District after some parents complained about the content of her books. NCAC coordinated a letter of protest with five other national organizations.
PEN American Center, a member of NCAC’s coalition, released a statement in support of the proposed Park51 Community Center project, calling First Amendment freedoms “the birthright of all and our best defense.” NCAC is grateful to PEN for expressing thoughts we share about this fear-based controversy. The release and statement: Writers Support Park51 Project, Religious Freedom New York City, August [...]
On the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the Congressional decision to require the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) to consider "general standards of decency and respect" in awarding grants, the National Coalition Against Censorship (NCAC) presents How Obscene is This?, a program about censorship and arts funding.
In what appeared to be a retaliatory move against vocal citizen Steve Fults, Wakulla County (FL) Commissioner Mike Stewart proposed to eliminate the public’s use of AV equipment during meetings.
After 37-year old video work from artist Susan Mogul was removed from YouTube, NCAC and the Electronic Frontier Foundation joined together in the following letter requesting once more that YouTube instate a viable appeals process and include an exception for nudity in art in its community guidelines.
Sofia Hernandez Chong Cuy speaking on the censorship. Tamayo Museum Director Hernandez Chong Cuy made these comments for a special internet video project organized by the National Coalition Against Censorship and the Vera List Center for Art and Politics at the New School on the 20th anniversary of the adoption of the Decency Clause. Invited artists are videotaping their responses [...]
Sofia Hernandez Chong Cuy speaking on alternative models of cultural production. Tamayo Museum Director Hernandez Chong Cuy made these comments for a special internet video project organized by the National Coalition Against Censorship and the Vera List Center for Art and Politics at the New School on the 20th anniversary of the adoption of the Decency Clause. Invited artists are [...]
Artist Dread Scott speaking on self-censorship. Scott made these comments for a special internet video project organized by the National Coalition Against Censorship and the Vera List Center for Art and Politics at the New School on the 20th anniversary of the adoption of the Decency Clause. Invited artists are videotaping their responses to the following questions: 1. What are [...]
Artist Dread Scott speaking on taboos. Scott made these comments for a special internet video project organized by the National Coalition Against Censorship and the Vera List Center for Art and Politics at the New School on the 20th anniversary of the adoption of the Decency Clause. Invited artists are videotaping their responses to the following questions: 1. What are [...]
News of GlaxoSmithKline's coverup of the health risks of their diabetes drug, "Avandia," has also highlighted serious problems with scientific integrity at the FDA. In 2006, an FDA scientist who recommended requiring a warning label about Avandia's possible heart health risks was shot down and reprimanded by her superiors. In 2007, the non-profit Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, petitioned the [...]
An LA Times report details the disappointment expressed by some government scientists with a lack of improvement in scientific integrity since President Obama took office and called for new rules to protect scientific integrity. Such new rules have yet to be issued, and lower level government scientists still report political pressure to alter their results as well as a lack [...]
