"Beyond the Patriot Act" is the first episode of the ACLU freedom files from the American Civil Liberties Union and Robert Greenwald's Brave New Films. It is produced and directed by Kagan. Through personal stories of ordinary Americans, "Beyond the Patriot Act," tells how a misguided law and other government overreactions to Sept. 11 have restricted our most basic constitutional freedoms and threaten America's system of checks and balances.

Producer/director: Jeremy Kagan; executive in charge of production: Scott Corburn; writer/producer: Anneke Campbell.

Civil rights > United States.

Internal security > United States.

National security > Law and legislation > United States.

Terrorism > United States > Prevention.

American Civil Liberties Union.

Brave New Films.