‘Seized’ Review: Terrific Newspaper Doc Understands the Power of a Great Story, Well Told

"Seized," a documentary that chronicles the police raid on Kansas' small Marion County Record newspaper, shows the power of ...

‘Seized’ Review: Bland Storytelling Can’t Blunt the Compelling Principle Behind This Doc About Journalism Under Siege

Sharon Liese's Sundance-premiering film tries to show both sides of the newspaper raid that thrust a small Kansas town into ...
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‘Seized’ Review: Small Town Values Meet Big Journalistic Controversy In This Well-Made Documentary [Sundance]

Seized’ examines the Marion County Record police raid, its aftermath, and the interrogation of press freedom, abuse of power, ...
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‘SEIZED’ raises questions about small-town journalism at Sundance

“SEIZED” is the culmination of Liese’s time in Marion County, Kansas, where she investigates the August 2023 police raid on ...
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Seized Recounts the Small-Town Drama That Made a Raid on a Local Newspaper National News

On August 11, 2023, Joan Meyer, the 98-year-old co-owner of the weekly Kansas newspaper The Marion County Record, sat stunned ...
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Director Sharon Liese discusses upcoming Marion raid documentary Seized

The Marion County Record // image courtesy Seized In August of 2023, a newspaper and two homes were raided in Marion, Kansas.

Grondahl: Local filmmaker's documentary on newspaper seizure premieres at Sundance

Sharon Liese, formerly of Saratoga Springs, brings "Seized" to Sundance. Her film probes a 2023 Kansas newspaper raid and ...

SEIZED: Documentary on Kansas raids premieres at Sundance

SEIZED IS A FEATURE LENGTH DOCUMENTARY ON THE MARION RAIDS, PREMIERING TONIGHT AT THE SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL, IT FOCUSES ON THE FIERCE DEBATE THIS SPARKED ABOUT THE ABUSE OF POWER, THE POWER OF ...