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Do Not Enter: The Visa War Against Ideas: Directed by Robert Richter, Catherine Warnow. With Hortensia Allende, William F. Buckley, Roy M. Cohn, Dario Fo. "Do Not Enter" is a thought-provoking and entertaining investigation of the far-reaching historic effects of the 1952 McCarran Walter Act, largely repealed in 1991-repealed with the help of ...
- Robert Richter, Catherine Warnow
- 1986
- Documentary
- 57
The filmmakers traveled to twelve countries to interview people invited to speak or participate in U.S. cultural activities, to learn why they had been denied U.S. visas and what they might have...
The USA Patriot Act has revived much of the McCarthy era law whose impact on free speech and foreign policy is the focus of "Do Not Enter." Exclusive interviews with prominent cultural and political figures amplify the legacy of this Cold War law and its blockade of democracy's free flow of ideas.
Do Not Enter: The Visa War Against Ideas. Summaries. "Do Not Enter" is a thought-provoking and entertaining investigation of the far-reaching historic effects of the 1952 McCarran Walter Act, largely repealed in 1991-repealed with the help of this documentary.
A one-hour documentary investigating visa denials under the notorious McCarran-Walter Act, a law which has been used to restrict the entry of thousands of foreigners into the United States on the basis of their published ideas and opinions that are deemed "anti-American" by the State Department.
- Robert Richter
- Alan Nelson
twitter. Synopsis by Elizabeth Smith. Until it was partially repealed, the 1952 McCarren Walter Act prevented a quarter of a million foreign citizens from entering the United States on political grounds. In this program, writers, political figures, and others reflect on how this legislation affected the free exchange of ideas in America.
The documentary explores the far-reaching effects of the 1952 McCarran Walter Act which barred 250,000 foreigners from entering the United States on political grounds, and was repealed in 1991. The filmmakers interviewed people in twelve countries as to why they had been denied U.S. visas, and...
