Nobody Speak: Trials of the Free Press
The trial between Hulk Hogan and Gawker Media pitted privacy rights against freedom of the press, and raised important questions about how big money can silence media. This film is an examination of the perils and duties of the free press in an age of inequality.
9 July 1936, New York City, New York, USA
14 June 1946, New York City, New York, USA
April 21, 1966 in Warsaw, Indiana, USA
11 August 1953, Augusta, Georgia, USA
8 September 1956, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
June 22, 2017
This documentary is an invigorating, disturbing portrait of the arrogance and sinister self-importance of rich people, bullying politicians and their battalions of lawyers.
June 23, 2017
It has the feel of a late-night conversation at a college party, full of good ideas but lacking focus.
June 22, 2017
[A] compelling if slightly lopsided documentary ...
June 20, 2017
Netflix does its first act of public service by presenting this overreaching but damning indictment of America's oligarchs assaulting the nation's watchdogs -- the free and independent press.
June 26, 2017
It is timely and easy to follow, and fans of the First Amendment and haters of the Trump Administration will love it unconditionally.
June 23, 2017
What the film offers is evidence of a pattern, the shadows of a disturbing trend that add up to a warning: If we, as a society, don't push back against the chipping away of the freedom of information, it's only going to get worse, until it eats us alive.
June 22, 2017
A film about the vital importance of speaking truth to power needn't be so concerned with dressing up its own frightful truths, but Nobody Speak still compels as an opening statement on journalism's dubious future.
June 23, 2017
Nobody Speak builds a damning, convincing case that journalism needs protecting.
March 13, 2017
An ultimately chilling documentary that's nothing short of a wake-up call.
June 22, 2017
A troubling foreshadowing of things to come if journalists are threatened, sidelined or attacked by powerful institutions and people more concerned with their own interests than what's best for the country or communities.
March 14, 2017
The question isn't whether Gawker is worth saving, but simply a protection of first amendment rights.
June 22, 2017
Just because "Nobody Speak" has a timely message doesn't make it an ideal messenger.
