The ACLU has apparently learned from Michael

Moore that true crackpot cred can only be earned through

documentary filmmaking. From the website:

“The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and award-winning
producer/director Robert Greenwald’s Brave New Films announce an
unprecedented new series entitled The ACLU Freedom Files. In ten
30-minute episodes produced and directed by award-winning filmmaker
Jeremy Kagan, the series will explore pressing issues that are
threatening the civil liberties of all Americans, regardless of
political affiliation.”

The films will apparently air on channel one zillion on your local

satellite dish, but you can get a DVD for five bucks and “join

grassroots groups and households around the country who, during the

first two weeks of September, will be hosting premieres of Beyond the

Patriot Act.” Again this is the Moore playbook — remember the

viewing parties of Fahrenheit 911 just before the ‘04 election. One

assumes it will be as successful.

Producer Robert Greenwald, you

will remember, brought us “Outfoxed,” as well as a flurry of other

radical left propaganda films. His recent work makes you long for the

days when he was a hugely prolific producer of TV movies such as

“Katie: Portrait of a Centerfold.”