Skokie (1981)
- Directed by
- Herbert Wise
- Genre
- drama film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 2h 05m
- Rating
- 6.0 of 10 from 1 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A town in Illinois faces a crisis when a neo-Nazi group announces plans to march there. The conflict moves through the legal system and forces residents to debate free speech and the limits of tolerance.
tensesomberthought-provokinghistoricalpoliticalserioussoberingrestrained
What happens
Skokie is a 1981 television film directed by Herbert Wise, based on a real life controversy in Skokie, Illinois, involving the National Socialist Party of America. This controversy would be fought in court and reach the level of the United States Supreme Court in National Socialist Party of America v. Village of Skokie. The film premiered in the US on November 17, 1981. It was shown on the Israeli Educational television in the 1980s and on German television on March 3, 1997. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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