Coming soon: ‘Mighty Ira: A Civil Liberties Story’

“Mighty Ira: A Civil Liberties Story” will soon be available to stream online.

From Oct. 2-9, the Marlene Meyerson JCC Manhattan will feature an advanced screening of the documentary. Ticket pre-orders are now available. The JCC will also host a live Q&A with the film’s subject, Ira Glasser, and co-director Nico Perrino on Oct. 6 at 7:30 p.m.

Beginning Oct. 9, Angelika Film Center will feature the film as part of its Virtual Cinema program. Ticket pre-orders are now available. Ticket-holders will also get exclusive access to an interview between Glasser and Reason magazine editor at large Matt Welch immediately following the film.

We will announce more ways to watch the film in the coming weeks, including expanded streaming options and DVD/Blu-ray availability. 

For the latest updates, follow the film on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, where you can find exclusive content including clips from the film. You can also visit MightyIra.com.

Ira Glasser is one of America’s unsung champions of civil rights and liberties. As the leader of the American Civil Liberties Union for 23 years, he transformed the organization from a small, “mom-and-pop” operation on the verge of bankruptcy into a civil liberties juggernaut with offices in every state and a $30 million endowment. As his generation retires from the barricades, Ira reminisces on his life at the forefront of defending the rights of all Americans, from civil rights leaders to neo-Nazis.

His story takes us to his hometown of Brooklyn, New York, where in 1947 Jackie Robinson and the Dodgers broke the color barrier in baseball and inspired a generation of civil rights activists; to the offices of Robert Kennedy, where the U.S. Senator spoke with a young Ira and convinced him to take his first job with the ACLU; and to California, where a 96-year-old Holocaust survivor explains to Ira why he thinks the ACLU was wrong to defend the right of neo-Nazis to demonstrate near his home in Skokie, Illinois, over 40 years ago — and how recent events in Charlottesville, Virginia, evoke painful memories.

Amid high-profile controversies surrounding free speech, racial equality, and antisemitism — and on the occasion of the ACLU’s centennial — Ira Glasser’s story is as timely and provocative as ever.

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