Behind the Shield DVD (Home-Use License)

* If you are looking to purchase or rent this film for educational, organizational, or institutional use and for screenings on campuses or in your community, you must buy an educational license from the Media Education Foundation (see options here). ** In addition to DVD, this film is also available as a home-use streaming rental. In "Behind the Shield," celebrated author and Nation magazine sports editor Dave Zirin tackles the myth that the NFL was somehow free of politics before Colin Kaepernick and other Black NFL players took a knee. Digging deep into the history of the league, and navigating a stunning excavation of decades of archival footage and news media, Zirin traces how the NFL, under the guise of “sticking to sports,” has promoted wars, militarism, and nationalism; glorified reactionary ideas about manhood and gender roles; normalized systemic racism, corporate greed, and crony capitalism; and helped vilify challenges to the dominant order as “unpatriotic” and inappropria