Skokie | |
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Genre | Drama |
Written by | Ernest Kinoy |
Directed by | Herbert Wise |
Starring | |
Theme music composer | Ralph Berliner |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
Production | |
Executive producers |
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Producer | Robert Berger |
Cinematography | Alex Thomson |
Editor | Stephen A. Rotter |
Running time | 125 minutes |
Production company | Titus Productions |
Original release | |
Network | CBS |
Release | November 17, 1981 |
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Skokie is a 1981 television film directed by Herbert Wise, based on a real life controversy in Skokie, Illinois, involving the National Socialist Party of America. This controversy would be fought in court and reach the level of the United States Supreme Court in National Socialist Party of America v. Village of Skokie.
The film premiered in the US on November 17, 1981. It was shown on the Israeli Educational television in the 1980s and on German television on March 3, 1997.