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“Freedoms Under Assault” Exposes Political Attacks on Higher Education

October 9, 2025 WFHB Local News Features 1,388 Views

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Freedoms Under Assault is a documentary that chronicles the systematic destruction of a world-class university and the politically motivated culture war against its faculty over a two-year period. WFHB News Correspondent Katrine Bruner interviewed Directors and Producers Robert Arnove and Jack Comforty about their process in making the film and free speech issues at Indiana University in recent years. Freedoms Under Assault will screen at 2 p.m. on Sunday, October 12th at the Buskirk Chumley Theater.

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