"With free speech under attack, and truth-telling seemingly in short supply, 'Raise Hell' offers an entertaining and bracing look at one of journalism's least punch-pulling practitioners." -Washington Post
This new documentary tells the story of media firebrand Molly Ivins, six feet of Texas trouble who took on Good Ol' Boy corruption wherever she found it. Her razor sharp wit left both sides of the aisle laughing, and craving ink in her columns. She knew the Bill of Rights was in peril, and said "Polarizing people is a good way to win an election and a good way to wreck a country." Molly's words have proved prescient. Now it's up to us to raise hell! A portion of every ticket sold to this movie nationwide will go to the ACLU!
"You can get a sense of her lingering impact by the famous peers who get choked up in the film’s final interview clips... But mostly, 'Raise Hell' is a movie of laughs, because nobody ever popped the balloons of political pretense like the hard-drinking, chain-smoking six-foot permanent 'outsider' Molly Ivins." -Movie Nation
"[Director] Engel gives 'Raise Hell' such momentum --- it's a whoosh of a movie --- that you are quickly swept up in its sights and sounds. There's a lot to take in." -New York Times
"Reminds us of the never-ending importance of those skilled observers with the ability to speak truth to power. And if, like Ivins, they can make us laugh while doing so, then they’re all the more essential." -The Wrap
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