IFS Filmmaker Spotlight: Portrait of a Patriot + Filmmaker Q&A
Boise’s own Senator Church took on the CIA, NSA, and FBI—and won. A gripping local political story that shaped national surveillance policy.
This feature documentary by James Mulryan traces Senator Frank Church’s fight to check presidential power and defend democracy. Balancing Idaho’s conservative base with national reform, Church opposed the Vietnam War and led the groundbreaking Church Committee, which exposed CIA assassination plots, illegal surveillance, and corporate corruption. His legacy endures as a principled leader who risked everything to speak truth to power. Filmmaker Q & A post-screening.
Boise’s own Senator Church took on the CIA, NSA, and FBI—and won. A gripping local political story that shaped national surveillance policy.
This feature documentary by James Mulryan traces Senator Frank Church’s fight to check presidential power and defend democracy. Balancing Idaho’s conservative base with national reform, Church opposed the Vietnam War and led the groundbreaking Church Committee, which exposed CIA assassination plots, illegal surveillance, and corporate corruption. His legacy endures as a principled leader who risked everything to speak truth to power. Filmmaker Q & A post-screening.
Boise’s own Senator Church took on the CIA, NSA, and FBI—and won. A gripping local political story that shaped national surveillance policy.
This feature documentary by James Mulryan traces Senator Frank Church’s fight to check presidential power and defend democracy. Balancing Idaho’s conservative base with national reform, Church opposed the Vietnam War and led the groundbreaking Church Committee, which exposed CIA assassination plots, illegal surveillance, and corporate corruption. His legacy endures as a principled leader who risked everything to speak truth to power. Filmmaker Q & A post-screening.