Chris Atkins (London, Director Taking Liberties): When I started making Taking Liberties, I wanted to look at whether we should be reducing liberty in order to increase security. After a year and a half it is now completely clear to me that the very idea that one balances the other is a myth. All the government's liberty restricting measures over the past seven years have either had no effect on terrorism (like ID Cards) or have actually made the situation worse (like the misuse of stop and search or Guantanamo Bay). Our film draws a line in the sand at a time when power is being transferred to a new leader, and is an attempt to turn the tide of this deluge of idiotic legislation. We follow the stories of normal people who's lives have been turned upside down by injustice, so we can show the ordinary public that just because they have nothing to hide, they have a heck of a lot to fear. If enough people see this film on the opening weekend, then the distributors will be able to push the film out to more screens and mean that, for once, a film like this won’t just be preaching to the choir.
Moderator:Three early reviews of the film at Eye for Film, BBC Films and Real Movie News. Take a look at the trailer here. And there is also a Taking Liberties book.
