Seized Seizes Attention At Bentonville Film Festival Sharon Liese Documentary On Fatally Flawed Raid On Small Town Kansas Newspaper
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News Summary
- A police raid on the Marion County Record in August 2023 left a 98-year-old woman dead.
- The story of the raid and the national uproar it triggered is told in the documentary Seized.
- Director Sharon Liese is based in the Kansas City, KS area about two hours from Marion and headed to the town after news broke of the incident.
- The film just screened at the Bentonville Film Festival in Arkansas after holding its world premiere in January at Sundance (the title comes from the headline “Seized… but not silenced”)
A 98yearold woman dead, a small towns reputation in tatters, and 1st and 4th Amendment protections put to the test.
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