SPEECHLESS (2026)

2 x 90 mins. a CBC and documentary Channel Original, BBC Storyville, The Why Foundation

Speechless is a bold and urgent documentary that traces how debates over speech, identity, and power turned universities into ideological battlegrounds, and how those conflicts spilled outward, fueling a political backlash reshaping democracy itself.                   

CREDITS:

Directed by RIC ESTHER BIENSTOCK
Producers RIC ESTHER BIENSTOCK & GARFIELD MILLER
Executive Produced by ALEX GIBNEY, METTE HOFFMAN MEYER & RANDI KIRSHENBAUM
Edited by GRAEME BALL
Written by RIC ESTHER BIENSTOCK, GARFIELD MILLER & GRAEME BALL
Graphics and Animation JUNIOR LOPEZ
Original Music by KEN MYHR
Video Post Production NOODLE FACTORY POST
Sound Post Production SPENCE-THOMAS AUDIO POST

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