The movie also focused on the civil rights movement in the late 1960s and early 1970s. It called for government action to protect women's health, education and freedom of religion.

At a time when federal laws intended to protect religious liberty were becoming increasingly wide open, young Americans wanted to keep up with new regulations that sought to advance policies like abortion. But law enforcement officials quickly realized they needed to move fast. They signed into law legislation creating a broad definition of what constitutes protected speech under Section 1822