The documentary Shut Up and Sing looks at what the Dixie Chicks endured after Natalie Maines made anti-Bush comments during a concert in 2003. The trio of Maines, Martie Maguire and Emily Robison outraged their fanbase when they publicly opposed the war in Iraq. Barbara Kopple and Cecilia Peck directed the film.

Opens on October 27th.

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The company distributing a new documentary about the Dixie Chicks has blasted the NBC and CW networks for allegedly refusing to accept a commercial spot for the film.

In a press release issued late Thursday, the Weinstein Co. said NBC rejected a spot for "Dixie Chicks: Shut Up and Sing," because the spot included material that "disparages President Bush."

According to a source, the spot has been cleared for broadcast on CBS, MTV and on local NBC, CW, ABC and Fox affiliates in New York and Los Angeles, as well as on local cable systems, including local spots on Fox News and CNN.

The commercial, posted at http://www.shutupandpost.com, features footage of Dixie Chicks singer Natalie Maines making the comment that the band is "ashamed that the president of the United States is from Texas" as well as footage of Bush reacting to the controversy and scenes of anti-Dixie Chicks protests that erupted after Maines' comment was publicized.

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Historian Howard Zinn said, "Dissent is the highest form of patriotism." (This is often attributed to Thomas Jefferson, but the quote actually is only a few years old.)

Too bad the television execs aren't familiar with the idea that dissent is a good thing in a democracy.