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FREEDOM OF THE PRESS: NY TIMES V. UNITED STATES

Recommended. The information is very appealing, as is the approach to the storytelling. It never gets boring and uses multiple filmmaking techniques to tell the story visually and orally. It is informative and very appealing to its target audience. The development is beautiful in style. It is a perfectly constructed documentary. It starts with our origins which serves as exposition. It transitions to rising action which would be the WWI segment. Then it goes to a climax regarding the Pentagon Papers and concludes nicely. It employs beautiful animated work and filmmaking magic. The editing is top notch and the cinematography is nice. There are very good filmmaking techniques used. Recommended for ages 13 to 18. Reviewed by Willie J. KIDS FIRST! Film Critic

Recommended. The information is very appealing, as is the approach to the storytelling. It never gets boring and uses multiple filmmaking techniques to tell the story visually and orally. It is informative and very appealing to its target audience. The development is beautiful in style. It is a perfectly constructed documentary. It starts with our origins which serves as exposition. It transitions to rising action which would be the WWI segment. Then it goes to a climax regarding the Pentagon Papers and concludes nicely. It employs beautiful animated work and filmmaking magic. The editing is top notch and the cinematography is nice. There are very good filmmaking techniques used. Recommended for ages 13 to 18. Reviewed by Willie J. KIDS FIRST! Film Critic

This documentary examines the First Amendment's protection of a free press as well as the historic origins of this right and the ramifications of the landmark ruling in New York Times v. United States, the Pentagon Papers case, in which the Supreme Court ruled that prior restraint is unconstitutional. Justice Hugo Black wrote: "Only a free and unrestrained press can effectively expose deception in government..."