FreedomFest 2024

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FreedomFest 2024

11:45am PDT

How to Get the Most Out of FreedomFest, with Mark Skousen

Wednesday July 10, 2024 11:45am - 12:00pm PDT

Room 110/111/112 (Anthem Film Festival)

Speakers

Mark Skousen

Producer, FreedomFest

Dr. Mark Skousen is a Presidential Fellow and the Doti-Spogli Endowed Chair of Free Enterprise at Chapman University. He has a BA, MA, and Ph. D. in economics (George Washington University, 1977). In 2018, Mr. Steve Forbes awarded him the Triple Crown in Economics for his work in... Read More →

Jo Ann Skousen

Founding Director, Anthem Film Festival

As the founding director of the Anthem Libertarian Film Festival, Jo Ann Skousen believes that storytelling has the power to change minds. She created Anthem to provide a venue for films that promote liberty, individuality, choice and accountability. She also serves as the entertainment... Read More →

Wednesday July 10, 2024 11:45am - 12:00pm PDT
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Anthem Film Festival

12:00pm PDT

GALA OPENING OF THE ANTHEM FILM FESTIVAL

Wednesday July 10, 2024 12:00pm - 12:15pm PDT

Room 110/111/112 (Anthem Film Festival)

Speakers

Jo Ann Skousen

Founding Director, Anthem Film Festival

As the founding director of the Anthem Libertarian Film Festival, Jo Ann Skousen believes that storytelling has the power to change minds. She created Anthem to provide a venue for films that promote liberty, individuality, choice and accountability. She also serves as the entertainment... Read More →

Wednesday July 10, 2024 12:00pm - 12:15pm PDT
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Anthem Film Festival

12:15pm PDT

COFFEE WITH BABA Director: Omid Iranikhah

Wednesday July 10, 2024 12:15pm - 12:45pm PDT

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Wednesday July 10, 2024 12:15pm - 12:45pm PDT
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Anthem Film Festival

12:45pm PDT

BUBJAN Director: Nicholas Mihm

Wednesday July 10, 2024 12:45pm - 1:15pm PDT

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Wednesday July 10, 2024 12:45pm - 1:15pm PDT
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Anthem Film Festival

1:25pm PDT

HIDDEN Director: Rayan Farzad

Wednesday July 10, 2024 1:25pm - 1:45pm PDT

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Wednesday July 10, 2024 1:25pm - 1:45pm PDT
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Anthem Film Festival

2:00pm PDT

HEART OF RECOVERY Director: Kassi Crews

Wednesday July 10, 2024 2:00pm - 2:20pm PDT

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Wednesday July 10, 2024 2:00pm - 2:20pm PDT
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Anthem Film Festival

2:20pm PDT

Road to Recovery: Solutions to Addiction and Criminal Behavior [PANEL]

Wednesday July 10, 2024 2:20pm - 2:45pm PDT

Room 110/111/112 (Anthem Film Festival)

Moderators

Jo Ann Skousen

Founding Director, Anthem Film Festival

As the founding director of the Anthem Libertarian Film Festival, Jo Ann Skousen believes that storytelling has the power to change minds. She created Anthem to provide a venue for films that promote liberty, individuality, choice and accountability. She also serves as the entertainment... Read More →

Speakers

Matt Kibbe

President, Free the People

Matt Kibbe is President at Free the People, an educational foundation using video storytelling to turn on the next generation to the values of personal liberty and peaceful cooperation. He is also co-founder and partner at Fight the Power Productions, a video and strategic commu... Read More →

James Allen, Jr.

Author, Not My Chair

In 1981 James Allen, Jr. was sentenced to death at the age of eighteen. Inside prison, James began to understand what went wrong, and slowly, realized what he could do to alter his inevitable fate by following the rules and becoming a person who could be trusted and help others down... Read More →

Patrick Acuna

Former Inmate

Patrick Acuña served 30 years after being sentenced to Life Without Parole—death by incarceration. On Christmas Eve of 2018, California Governor E. Jerry Brown recognized Patrick’s rehabilitation efforts and commuted his sentence to 25-to-Life. After being released from prison... Read More →

Kassi Crews

Filmmaker

Kassi Crews is an entertainment industry veteran and a consummate storyteller. Her early studio career began at Cannon Films, famous for action titles like Jean-Claude Van Damme’s “Bloodsport,” Chuck Norris’ “Delta Force” and Sylvester Stallone’s “Cobra.” Crews became... Read More →

Wednesday July 10, 2024 2:20pm - 2:45pm PDT
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Anthem Film Festival

2:50pm PDT

FROM PEN TO PAPER Director: Paul and Lori Sutton

Wednesday July 10, 2024 2:50pm - 3:20pm PDT

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Wednesday July 10, 2024 2:50pm - 3:20pm PDT
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Anthem Film Festival

8:00pm PDT

AWKWARD LIBERTARIAN BABY REVEAL Director: The Reason Team

Wednesday July 10, 2024 8:00pm - 8:05pm PDT

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Wednesday July 10, 2024 8:00pm - 8:05pm PDT
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Anthem Film Festival

8:05pm PDT

UNDIVIDE US Director: Kristi Kendall

Wednesday July 10, 2024 8:05pm - 9:20pm PDT

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Wednesday July 10, 2024 8:05pm - 9:20pm PDT
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Anthem Film Festival

9:20pm PDT

Common Ground: Creating Harmony in a Divided World

Wednesday July 10, 2024 9:20pm - 9:35pm PDT

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Moderators

Naomi Brockwell

Tech Journalist, Creator of NBTV.media

Naomi Brockwell is a tech journalist, and creator of "NBTV.media".NBTV teaches people how to reclaim control of their lives in the digital age. The channel gives people the tools they need to take back their data, money, and free online expression.From 2013 - 2015 she worked as a policy associate at the New York Bitcoin Center. From 2015 - 2021... Read More →

Speakers

Spike Cohen

Founder/President, You Are The Power

Spike Cohen is a successful business owner, Liberty activist, and media figure. He is the Founder and President of You Are The Power, a nonprofit focused on using solutions-oriented activism to grow the Liberty movement.Spike started a web design company as a teenager in 1998. In... Read More →

Chase Oliver

2024 Libertarian Presidential Candidate

Chase Oliver is a 37-year-old Libertarian activist living in Atlanta. Dubbed “…the most influential Libertarian in America…” by Rolling Stone, Oliver is a champion of the rights of the individual against the growing power of the state. He began his political activism opposing... Read More →

Kristi Kendall

Filmmaker

Kristi Kendall, president at Kristi Kendall and Co, is an expert in content production and storytelling with 25+ yrs experience. Kristi started her career as a journalist, producing for ABC News 20/20, and in 2009 became John Stossel’s executive producer at Fox Business, where... Read More →

Wednesday July 10, 2024 9:20pm - 9:35pm PDT
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Anthem Film Festival

9:00am PDT

THE GOTAWAYS: THE HIDDEN BORDER CRISIS Director: Charlotte Cuthbertson

Thursday July 11, 2024 9:00am - 10:05am PDT

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Thursday July 11, 2024 9:00am - 10:05am PDT
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Anthem Film Festival

10:05am PDT

Immigration and the Border Crisis [PANEL]

Thursday July 11, 2024 10:05am - 10:30am PDT

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Speakers

John Lott

Founder, Crime Prevention Research Center

CPRC was founded by Dr. John R. Lott, Jr., an economist and a world-recognized expert on guns and crime. During the Trump administration, he served as the Senior Advisor for Research and Statistics in the Office of Justice Programs and then the Office of Legal Policy in the U.S... Read More →

Helen Raleigh

Senior Contributor, The Federalist

Helen Raleigh, CFA, CDI.D, is an American entrepreneur, writer, and speaker. She’s the founder of Red Meadow Advisors, LLC. In 2023, the Colorado Women’s Chamber of Commerce recognized Helen as one of the “top 25 most powerful women in business.”Helen is a senior contributor... Read More →

Jo Ann Skousen

Founding Director, Anthem Film Festival

As the founding director of the Anthem Libertarian Film Festival, Jo Ann Skousen believes that storytelling has the power to change minds. She created Anthem to provide a venue for films that promote liberty, individuality, choice and accountability. She also serves as the entertainment... Read More →

Thursday July 11, 2024 10:05am - 10:30am PDT
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Anthem Film Festival

10:30am PDT

SHABBIFICATION Director: Jen Sidorova

Thursday July 11, 2024 10:30am - 10:45am PDT

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Thursday July 11, 2024 10:30am - 10:45am PDT
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Anthem Film Festival

11:00am PDT

MY QUARTERLIFE CRISIS Director: Ryan Caldwell

Thursday July 11, 2024 11:00am - 11:15am PDT

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Thursday July 11, 2024 11:00am - 11:15am PDT
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Anthem Film Festival

11:15am PDT

HOMELESSNESS: CALIFORNIA vs TEXAS Director: Zach Weissmueller, Liz Wolfe

Thursday July 11, 2024 11:15am - 11:45am PDT

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Thursday July 11, 2024 11:15am - 11:45am PDT
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11:45am PDT

THE FORGOTTEN SOLUTION TO THE HOUSING CRUNCH Director: Rob Montz

Thursday July 11, 2024 11:45am - 11:55am PDT

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Thursday July 11, 2024 11:45am - 11:55am PDT
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Anthem Film Festival

11:55am PDT

Innovative Solutions to the Housing Crisis [PANEL]

Thursday July 11, 2024 11:55am - 12:25pm PDT

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Moderators

Nick Gillespie

Editor at Large, Reason

Nick Gillespie is an editor at large at Reason, the libertarian magazine of "free minds and free markets," and host of The Reason Interview With Nick Gillespie.A two-time finalist for digital National Magazine Awards for his work on "UPS vs. FEDEX: Ultimate Whiteboard Mix" and... Read More →

Speakers

Christian Britschgi

Reporter, Reason

Christian Britschgi is a reporter at Reason who covers property rights, housing policy, transportation policy, and regulation. His writing has appeared in The American Conservative, The College Fix, The Lens, Watchdog.org, The Orange County Register, the Daily News, the New Yo... Read More →

Jen Sidorova

Filmmaker

Jen Sidorova is a documentary film producer and rental property owner in Buffalo, NY. Her vision and drive for “Shabbification: The Story of Rent Control” comes from her experience with regulation as a real estate entrepreneur in New York. In developing this film, she also... Read More →

Ryan Caldwell

Filmmaker

Ryan Caldwell is an American filmmaker with a film production degree from Webster University. He has directed four short films, ranging from supernatural thrillers to political satire. As the writer, producer, director, and editor of the comedy short film "The Beggar and the Road... Read More →

Sofia Hamilton

Policy Analyst, Americans for Prosperity

Sofia Hamilton is a Policy Analyst at Americans for Prosperity where she focuses on health care at the state and federal levels. She is also a Social Mobility Fellow at Young Voices, writing and commentating on issues related to housing, harm reduction, and criminal justice reform. Previously... Read More →

Thursday July 11, 2024 11:55am - 12:25pm PDT
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Anthem Film Festival

12:30pm PDT

MISGENDERING A MURDERER Director: Free the People

Thursday July 11, 2024 12:30pm - 12:35pm PDT

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Thursday July 11, 2024 12:30pm - 12:35pm PDT
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Anthem Film Festival

12:35pm PDT

GENDER TRANSFORMATION: THE UNTOLD REALITIES Director: Tobias Elvhage, Liz Morberg

Thursday July 11, 2024 12:35pm - 2:05pm PDT

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Thursday July 11, 2024 12:35pm - 2:05pm PDT
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Anthem Film Festival

2:05pm PDT

Under Pressure: A Discussion of Trans Rights, Children’s Rights, and Parental Rights

Thursday July 11, 2024 2:05pm - 2:40pm PDT

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Moderators

Jan Jekielek

Senior Editor, The Epoch Times; Host, American Thought Leaders

Jan Jekielek is a senior editor with The Epoch Times, host of the show “American Thought Leaders” and co-host of “FALLOUT” with Dr. Robert Malone and “Kash’s Corner” with Kash Patel. Jan’s career has spanned academia, international human rights work, and now for almost... Read More →

Speakers

Grant Brown

Producer/Filmmaker

Grant is a producer and filmmaker based out of Milwaukee. His narrative feature film Scotch Tension played at various local festivals and won Best Midwest Roots at the Red Cedar Film Festival. His musical short film Gemütlichkeit won Best Wisconsin Short at the Beloit International... Read More →

Haley Kennington

News Editor, Wrong Speak

Haley Kennington is an investigative journalist, freelance writer, and reporter, as well as a contributor to dozens of conservative news sites, blogs, and independent media outlets. In addition, she’s been employed as copy editor for several online publications & works one-on-one... Read More →

Lou Perez

Comedian and Author

Lou Perez is a comedian, producer with Cancelled Productions LLC, and author of That Joke Isn’t Funny Anymore: On the Death and Rebirth of Comedy. You may have seen him on FOX’s Gutfeld! and Open to Debate (with Michael Ian Black).Lou was the head writer and producer of t... Read More →

Colin Wright

Founding Editor, Reality's Last Stand

Colin Wright is an evolutionary biology PhD, Manhattan Institute Fellow, an Academic Advisor at the Society for Evidence-based Gender Medicine (SEGM), and a member of The Killarney Group.Wright received his PhD in evolutionary biology from UC Santa Barbara in 2018, and was an Eberly... Read More →

Thursday July 11, 2024 2:05pm - 2:40pm PDT
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Anthem Film Festival

2:40pm PDT

72 HOURS Director: Grant Brown, Nicole Yeatman

Thursday July 11, 2024 2:40pm - 2:55pm PDT

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Thursday July 11, 2024 2:40pm - 2:55pm PDT
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Anthem Film Festival

3:00pm PDT

What To Do When Child Protective Services Knocks on Your Door

Thursday July 11, 2024 3:00pm - 3:30pm PDT

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Speakers

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Nicole Yeatman

Filmmaker

Nicole is a writer in Washington, DC. She wrote the adapted screenplay for the animated short I, Pencil, which won the Gold Award at TIVA-DC Peer Awards, First Prize at the Reason Foundation Media Awards, and Best Short Documentary at Anthem Film Festival. 72 Hours is her directorial... Read More →

Grant Brown

Producer/Filmmaker

Grant is a producer and filmmaker based out of Milwaukee. His narrative feature film Scotch Tension played at various local festivals and won Best Midwest Roots at the Red Cedar Film Festival. His musical short film Gemütlichkeit won Best Wisconsin Short at the Beloit International... Read More →

Thursday July 11, 2024 3:00pm - 3:30pm PDT
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Anthem Film Festival

8:00pm PDT

CLIMATE, THE MOVIE (THE COLD TRUTH) Director: Martin Durkin

Thursday July 11, 2024 8:00pm - 9:20pm PDT

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Thursday July 11, 2024 8:00pm - 9:20pm PDT
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Anthem Film Festival

9:20pm PDT

The Truth About Climate Change

Thursday July 11, 2024 9:20pm - 9:50pm PDT

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Moderators

Gary Alexander

Senior Writer, Navellier.com

Gary Alexander has been Senior Writer at Navellier since 2009. He edits Navellier’s weekly Marketmail and writes a weekly Growth Mail column, in which he uses market history to support the case for growth stocks. For the previous 20 years before joining Navellier, he was Senior... Read More →

Speakers

Michael Shellenberger

Founder, Public News

Michael Shellenberger is a Time Magazine “Hero of the Environment,” Green Book Award winner, and the best-selling author of San Fransicko: Why Progressives Ruin Cities (HarperCollins 2021) and Apocalypse Never: Why Environmental Alarmism Hurts Us All (HarperCollins 2020).Mic... Read More →

Michael Shermer

Founding Publisher, Skeptic Magazine

Dr. Michael Shermer is the Founding Publisher of Skeptic magazine, the host of the podcast The Michael Shermer Show, and a Presidential Fellow at Chapman University where he teaches Skepticism 101. For 18 years he was a monthly columnist for Scientific American. He writes a we... Read More →

Ethan Brown

Host, The Sweaty Penguin

Ethan Brown is a climate journalist best known as Founder and Host of The Sweaty Penguin, an award-winning comedy climate podcast that ran from 2020-2024 through PBS's climate initiative "Peril and Promise." The podcast released over 220 episodes, amassed over 50,000 downloads, interviewed over 100 climate scientists and scholars from 18 countries and 6 continents, earned We... Read More →

Thomas Nelson

Climate/Energy Podcaster.

Producer of Martin Durkin's 2024 film: "Climate: The Movie".Twitter: https://twitter.com/tomanelsonMore background information:I have an MS degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering.I was involved in tech and software for many years. In 2005, as an avid bird-watcher, I became heavily involved in debunking a high-profile, but bogus “Ivory-billed Woodpecker” rediscovery that op... Read More →

Thursday July 11, 2024 9:20pm - 9:50pm PDT
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Anthem Film Festival

9:00am PDT

FREEDOM HAIR Director: Dianne Houston

Friday July 12, 2024 9:00am - 10:45am PDT

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Friday July 12, 2024 9:00am - 10:45am PDT
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Anthem Film Festival

11:05am PDT

THE WALL Director: Evrim Inci

Friday July 12, 2024 11:05am - 11:30am PDT

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Friday July 12, 2024 11:05am - 11:30am PDT
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Anthem Film Festival

11:30am PDT

SAKAS Director: Dugan Bridges

Friday July 12, 2024 11:30am - 12:00pm PDT

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Friday July 12, 2024 11:30am - 12:00pm PDT
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Anthem Film Festival

12:20pm PDT

LOVE GOV 3: THE METAVERSE OF MADNESS Director: John Papola

Friday July 12, 2024 12:20pm - 1:15pm PDT

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Friday July 12, 2024 12:20pm - 1:15pm PDT
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Anthem Film Festival

1:30pm PDT

THE UNSEEN CRISIS: VACCINE STORIES YOU WERE NEVER TOLD Director: Cindy Drukier (Followed By Q&A with Alix Mayer)

Friday July 12, 2024 1:30pm - 3:15pm PDT

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Speakers

Alix Mayer

Chairman/Co-founder, Free Now Foundation

Alix Mayer is Chairman and co-founder of Free Now Foundation, since April 2023. In the 1990s, at the age of 29, Alix ran a worldwide research group at Apple until the Hepatitis B vaccine physically disabled her and gave her brain damage. She calls her decades-long disability her "Runner-up... Read More →

Friday July 12, 2024 1:30pm - 3:15pm PDT
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Anthem Film Festival

3:15pm PDT

JAWBONED Director: Matthew Wood, Tim Hedberg

Friday July 12, 2024 3:15pm - 3:35pm PDT

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Friday July 12, 2024 3:15pm - 3:35pm PDT
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Anthem Film Festival

3:35pm PDT

Free Speech, Social Media, and Digital Censorship [PANEL]

Friday July 12, 2024 3:35pm - 4:00pm PDT

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Moderators

Alexa Secrest

Producer, FedSoc Studios

Alexa Secrest is a Producer with FedSoc Studios, the film department of The Federalist Society, which aims to both educate and entertain, turning tough legal questions into artistic and creative stories.

Speakers

Thomas Berry

Editor-in-Chief, Cato Supreme Court Review

Thomas Berry is a legal fellow in the Cato Institute’s Robert A. Levy Center for Constitutional Studies and editor‐in‐chief of the Cato Supreme Court Review. Before joining Cato, he was an attorney at Pacific Legal Foundation and clerked for Judge E. Grady Jolly of the U.S... Read More →

Naomi Brockwell

Tech Journalist, Creator of NBTV.media

Naomi Brockwell is a tech journalist, and creator of "NBTV.media".NBTV teaches people how to reclaim control of their lives in the digital age. The channel gives people the tools they need to take back their data, money, and free online expression.From 2013 - 2015 she worked as a policy associate at the New York Bitcoin Center. From 2015 - 2021... Read More →

James Czerniawski

Senior Policy Analyst, Americans for Prosperity

James Czerniawski is a Senior Policy Analyst at Americans for Prosperity, a national think tank in DC with 35 state chapters around the country. He writes about Section 230, antitrust, consumer data privacy, cybersecurity, and technology and innovation issues.He earned his masters... Read More →

Tim Hedberg

Co-Founder/CEO, Motivo Media

My name is Tim and I’m the co-founder and CEO of Motivo Media, a boutique production company in the beautiful city of Seattle. We’re a one-stop-show for all your storytelling needs. Take a moment to check out our website at: www.motivo.me With a background in multimedia storytelling, tech start-ups, and educational non-profits, I've been fortunate to work on a wide range of projects, from consulting in D.C. to tech start-ups in Seattle to a visiting media professorship at a film school in Guatemala.My passion for c... Read More →

Friday July 12, 2024 3:35pm - 4:00pm PDT
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Anthem Film Festival

8:00pm PDT

THE ANIMATED ADVENTURES OF JONATHAN GULLIBLE Director: Ignacio Alaniz, Erika Höflich

Friday July 12, 2024 8:00pm - 9:10pm PDT

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Friday July 12, 2024 8:00pm - 9:10pm PDT
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Anthem Film Festival

9:00am PDT

KILLING AMERICA Director: Eli Steele (Followed by Q&A with Lou Perez)

Saturday July 13, 2024 9:00am - 9:40am PDT

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Speakers

Lou Perez

Comedian and Author

Lou Perez is a comedian, producer with Cancelled Productions LLC, and author of That Joke Isn’t Funny Anymore: On the Death and Rebirth of Comedy. You may have seen him on FOX’s Gutfeld! and Open to Debate (with Michael Ian Black).Lou was the head writer and producer of t... Read More →

Saturday July 13, 2024 9:00am - 9:40am PDT
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Anthem Film Festival

9:45am PDT

WHAT ARE YOU WILLING TO RISK FOR FREE SPEECH? Director: Aaron Reese, Tyler MacQueen

Saturday July 13, 2024 9:45am - 10:00am PDT

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Saturday July 13, 2024 9:45am - 10:00am PDT
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Anthem Film Festival

10:00am PDT

Balancing Act: Free Speech, Violent Speech and The Right to Protest [PANEL]

Saturday July 13, 2024 10:00am - 10:30am PDT

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Moderators

Gary Alexander

Senior Writer, Navellier.com

Gary Alexander has been Senior Writer at Navellier since 2009. He edits Navellier’s weekly Marketmail and writes a weekly Growth Mail column, in which he uses market history to support the case for growth stocks. For the previous 20 years before joining Navellier, he was Senior... Read More →

Speakers

John Fund

National Affairs Columnist, National Review

John Fund is national-affairs columnist for National Review. He worked for the Wall Street Journal for more than two decades, starting in 1984, and was a member of the newspaper’s editorial board from 1995 to 2001.Fund has written for Esquire, Reader’s Digest, Reason, and... Read More →

Tyler MacQueen

Filmmaker

Tyler MacQueen is the digital communications strategist at FIRE, where he manages the organization’s social team and content vendor relations. He has written and produced documentary episodes on American history and civil liberties for So to Speak: The Free Speech Podcast. Tyler... Read More →

Lou Perez

Comedian and Author

Lou Perez is a comedian, producer with Cancelled Productions LLC, and author of That Joke Isn’t Funny Anymore: On the Death and Rebirth of Comedy. You may have seen him on FOX’s Gutfeld! and Open to Debate (with Michael Ian Black).Lou was the head writer and producer of t... Read More →

Aaron Reese

Senior Editor/Producer, FIRE

Aaron began working at FIRE in 2016, and directs and edits videos ranging from live events to animations to feature length documentaries. He regularly releases videos relating to FIRE cases and free speech principles on FIRE’s Youtube channel. As a documentary filmmaker, he wa... Read More →

Saturday July 13, 2024 10:00am - 10:30am PDT
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Anthem Film Festival

10:35am PDT

The American Miracle Director: Ralf W. Augstroze

Saturday July 13, 2024 10:35am - 10:50am PDT

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Saturday July 13, 2024 10:35am - 10:50am PDT
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Anthem Film Festival

11:00am PDT

THE GREAT AWAKENING Director: Mikki Willis

Saturday July 13, 2024 11:00am - 12:30pm PDT

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Saturday July 13, 2024 11:00am - 12:30pm PDT
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Anthem Film Festival

12:40pm PDT

Bravely Resisting the New World Order

Saturday July 13, 2024 12:40pm - 1:10pm PDT

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Moderators

Gary Alexander

Senior Writer, Navellier.com

Gary Alexander has been Senior Writer at Navellier since 2009. He edits Navellier’s weekly Marketmail and writes a weekly Growth Mail column, in which he uses market history to support the case for growth stocks. For the previous 20 years before joining Navellier, he was Senior... Read More →

Speakers

Brian Thomassen

Director, Kentetsu World Express

Brian V. Thomassen has advanced degrees in law and philosophy. His philosophical emphasis is on Twentieth Century Franco-German Thought, specifically phenomenology. Brian is the Director of the Western US for a Japanese firm Kintetsu World Express, based in Los Angeles. He has... Read More →

Adam Coleman

Founder, Wrong Speak Publishing

Adam B. Coleman is the Author of “Black Victim To Black Victor“, Op-Ed Writer, Public Speaker, and the Founder of Wrong Speak Publishing. Adam is a columnist for Human Events, a frequent contributor for The New York Post, and has articles published in Newsweek, The Feder... Read More →

Del Bigtree

Founder, Informed Consent Action / Host, The HighWire

Del Bigtree is one of the world’s most powerful voices for the vaccine risk awareness movement. He is the founder of the non-profit, Informed Consent Action Network, and host of the breakout internet talk show The HighWire, the fastest-growing program in the natural health arena... Read More →

Mikki Willis

Author/Filmmaker

Best selling author, investigative filmmaker, Mikki Willis was a self- proclaimed far-left progressive until 2016. While traveling with the Bernie Sanders campaign and producing media to grow the grassroots movement, his all access pass granted him access behind the veil of American... Read More →

Saturday July 13, 2024 12:40pm - 1:10pm PDT
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Anthem Film Festival

1:20pm PDT

LATINX-FILES Director: Free the People

Saturday July 13, 2024 1:20pm - 1:30pm PDT

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Saturday July 13, 2024 1:20pm - 1:30pm PDT
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Anthem Film Festival

1:30pm PDT

UNWOKE, INC. Director: Ian Reid

Saturday July 13, 2024 1:30pm - 1:50pm PDT

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Saturday July 13, 2024 1:30pm - 1:50pm PDT
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Anthem Film Festival

2:15pm PDT

HOLLYWOOD TAKEOVER: CHINA’S CONTROL OF THE FILM INDUSTRY Director: Penny Zhou (Followed by Q&A with Steve Lance and Thomas Pack)

Saturday July 13, 2024 2:15pm - 3:20pm PDT

Room 110/111/112 (Anthem Film Festival)

Speakers

Steve Lance

Host, Epoch Times Capitol Report

Steve Lance is the host of Capitol Report, a political news show based in Washington aimed at providing a direct channel to the voices and people who shape policy in America. Capitol Report features all of the political news of the day with expert interviews and analysis.

Thomas Pack

Associate Producer/Director of the Film Incubator Program, Palladium Pictures

Thomas Pack is an Associate Producer and the Director of the Film Incubator Program at Palladium Pictures, his family independent documentary film business. As an Associate Producer, Thomas is involved in every phase of all the company's film projects, a skill set he learned through... Read More →

Saturday July 13, 2024 2:15pm - 3:20pm PDT
Room 110/111/112 (Anthem Film Festival)

Anthem Film Festival

3:45pm PDT

EVERYTHING IS POLITICAL: BOARDGAMES Director: The Reason Team

Saturday July 13, 2024 3:45pm - 3:49pm PDT

Room 110/111/112 (Anthem Film Festival)

Saturday July 13, 2024 3:45pm - 3:49pm PDT
Room 110/111/112 (Anthem Film Festival)

Anthem Film Festival

3:49pm PDT

REACH NEW HEIGHTS WITH FRANK WEBER Director: Will Keizer

Saturday July 13, 2024 3:49pm - 3:52pm PDT

Room 110/111/112 (Anthem Film Festival)

Saturday July 13, 2024 3:49pm - 3:52pm PDT
Room 110/111/112 (Anthem Film Festival)

Anthem Film Festival

3:52pm PDT

THE GODFATHER Director: Paul Guay

Saturday July 13, 2024 3:52pm - 4:00pm PDT

Room 110/111/112 (Anthem Film Festival)

Saturday July 13, 2024 3:52pm - 4:00pm PDT
Room 110/111/112 (Anthem Film Festival)

Anthem Film Festival

4:08pm PDT

The Lighter Side: Why Comedy Counts [PANEL]

Saturday July 13, 2024 4:08pm - 4:40pm PDT

Room 110/111/112 (Anthem Film Festival)

Speakers

Ryan Caldwell

Filmmaker

Ryan Caldwell is an American filmmaker with a film production degree from Webster University. He has directed four short films, ranging from supernatural thrillers to political satire. As the writer, producer, director, and editor of the comedy short film "The Beggar and the Road... Read More →

Paul Guay

Film Writer/Film Maker

Paul Guay’s movies have grossed over half a billion dollars. He conceived and co-wrote LIAR, LIAR, at the time of its release the sixth-highest-grossing comedy in history. The screenplay received an Honorable Mention in Scr(i)pt magazine’s list of the Best Scripts of the Past... Read More →

Will Keizer

Musician/Filmmaker

Will Keizer is a musician and award winning filmmaker, an actor/voice actor, father of three,, and Wisconsin native. He holds degrees in Recording Arts from Full Sail U, and a BS in Film and Creative Writing from the University of Wisconsin - Oshkosh.Will and his work have appeared... Read More →

Matt Battaglia

Executive Producer, Free the People

Matt Battaglia is the executive producer at Free the People where he has directed such award-winning documentaries as “Off the Grid”, “All We Have”, and “The Free Life”. He also produced and edited “The Constitution: Line by Line” and oversees the rest of Free the People’s projects. His artwork and design work can be found across Free the People’s offerings.His work in comics started with coloring for BOOM! Studios and Roche Limit at Image Comics. He collaborated with author Michael Moreci for their... Read More →

Lou Perez

Comedian and Author

Lou Perez is a comedian, producer with Cancelled Productions LLC, and author of That Joke Isn’t Funny Anymore: On the Death and Rebirth of Comedy. You may have seen him on FOX’s Gutfeld! and Open to Debate (with Michael Ian Black).Lou was the head writer and producer of t... Read More →

Saturday July 13, 2024 4:08pm - 4:40pm PDT
Room 110/111/112 (Anthem Film Festival)

Anthem Film Festival

6:00pm PDT

Champagne Toasts and Anthem Film Festival Awards Ceremony

Saturday July 13, 2024 6:00pm - 6:45pm PDT

Room 110/111/112 (Anthem Film Festival)

Who will win the coveted film awards? Join the glitz of awards night and toast the filmmakers in the Anthem Theater Saturday evening, 6:00 pm. Your FreedomFest badge is your ticket to the festivities.

Speakers

Jo Ann Skousen

Founding Director, Anthem Film Festival

As the founding director of the Anthem Libertarian Film Festival, Jo Ann Skousen believes that storytelling has the power to change minds. She created Anthem to provide a venue for films that promote liberty, individuality, choice and accountability. She also serves as the entertainment... Read More →

Saturday July 13, 2024 6:00pm - 6:45pm PDT
Room 110/111/112 (Anthem Film Festival)

Anthem Film Festival