This thought-provoking documentary argues that American free speech is under attack, from both the Right and Left, to a degree unseen since the McCarthy era. Filmmaker Liz Garbus and her father, First Amendment attorney Martin Garbus, profile several prominent cases. A professor was fired after he wrote that U.S. foreign-policy abuses were a partial cause of the Sept. 11 attacks. A high school student was suspended for wearing a T-shirt that read, “Homosexuality Is Shameful.” And an Arab-American school principal claims she was forced to resign for discussing the meaning of the word “intifada” with a reporter. Monday, June 29, at 9 p.m., HBO
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