How long is Seized (2026)?

Seized (2026) is 1 hr 34 min long.

Seized (2026)

Name: Seized (2026)
Genre: Documentary
Duration: 94

NR 1 hr 34 min

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Seized is a gripping, stranger-than-fiction documentary that plunges audiences inside the 2023 police raid on the Marion County Record. What begins as a shocking small-town incident quickly spirals into an international story, exposing how corruption, politics, and decades-long tensions turned a quaint Kansas community into a battleground over the First and Fourth Amendments. The film unfolds in real time through police bodycam and surveillance footage, revealing the raid's chaos, the bombshells that followed, and the devastating personal toll on the newsroom, including the tragic death of its 98-year-old co-owner. Director Sharon Liese lets the story evolve with nuance, surprise, eccentric characters, and humor. By giving each voice room to speak for itself, she crafts a rare documentary where sympathies shift moment to moment, revealing how truth, ego, and fear collide in real time.

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How long is Seized (2026)?: Seized (2026) is 1 hr 34 min long.

Who directed Seized (2026)?: Sharon Liese

What is Seized (2026) about?: Seized is a gripping, stranger-than-fiction documentary that plunges audiences inside the 2023 police raid on the Marion County Record. What begins as a shocking small-town incident quickly spirals into an international story, exposing how corruption, politics, and decades-long tensions turned a quaint Kansas community into a battleground over the First and Fourth Amendments. The film unfolds in real time through police bodycam and surveillance footage, revealing the raid's chaos, the bombshells that followed, and the devastating personal toll on the newsroom, including the tragic death of its 98-year-old co-owner. Director Sharon Liese lets the story evolve with nuance, surprise, eccentric characters, and humor. By giving each voice room to speak for itself, she crafts a rare documentary where sympathies shift moment to moment, revealing how truth, ego, and fear collide in real time.