There are many ways to define what is a political prisoner. The most well-known cases are those the national security state framed-up, or imprisoned with extreme sentences for an offense because of their political activism, such as George Jackson. Each period of struggle by the working class and oppressed peoples against ruling class control results some
Director Sonia Kennebeck says that Matt DeHart is still close with his family. Joel Widman as ‘Matt DeHart’ in Sonia Kennebeck’s “Enemies of the State.” Photo: IFC Films
Matt DeHart, a man who claims he was persecuted by the government for being a hacktivist with knowledge of secret government intel, is the subject of the new documentary “Enemies of the State” but the film’s director Sonia Kennebeck says it’s more than just his story.
“For me, this film has never been just about his case,” she told Oxygen.com in an interview.
Kennebeck is no stranger to taking on stories about people with alleged connections to sensitive government information. Her 2020 documentary National Bird focuses on three whistleblowers who wanted to let the world know about America s drone war.