Canada / Apr 03, 2026 / 18A
Speechless (2026)
Directed by Ric Esther Bienstock
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In the battle over free speech… who gets the last word?
2h 54min
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Plot
In 2017, Emmy-winning documentary filmmaker Ric Esther Bienstock set out to investigate campus free speech controversies - and uncovered an ideological war reshaping universities and democracy itself. With secret recordings, raw phone footage, and unprecedented access to professors, administrators and students on the front lines, Speechless is an eight-year investigation into how pressure from the Left inside campuses provoked a fierce counteroffensive from the Right - turning higher education into a political battleground and exposing what’s lost when debate gives way to dogma.
Genres
Documentary
Technical details
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Original title | Speechless |
| Original language | English (EN) |
| Spoken languages | English |
| Production countries | Canada |
| Status | Released |
| Production companies | CBC, BBC Storyville, Good Soup Productions, The Why Foundation |
| Release date | 3 aprile 2026 |
| Executive producer | Alex Gibney, Mette Hoffman Meyer, Randi Kirshenbaum |
| Writer | Ric Esther Bienstock, Garfield Lindsay Miller |
| Editing | Graeme Ball |
| Cinematography | Elad Winkler, John M. Tran |
| Assistant directors | Ric Esther Bienstock |
| Music | Ken Myhr |
| Sound | Ken Myhr |
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