Writing in the Washington Times, Andrew Breitbart, co-author, with Mark Ebner, of Hollywood, Interrupted: Insanity Chic in Babylon--The Case Against Celebrity, argues that Hollywood is suffocatingly narrow in the viewpoints and perspectives it will explore in films--and also that success in Hollywood is contingent in part on how closely one conforms ones views to the industry orthodoxy. "Los Angeles is a one-company town. And because of bullying (or what Democrats would call blacklisting or "political discrimination," if the shoe were on the other foot)," he writes, "Hollywood has become a one-party town. History will show this dynamic hurt both the creative and the political processes."
The exception, one astute commenter observes, is Pixar--which actively cultivates intellectual and political diversity, and which has incredibly strong work as a result: "The place is dedicated to creating an amazingly open, accepting, cool, creative workplace. No one is bullied or brow-beaten. That's a big part of why their final products are so darned good."
Breitbart has been closely involved with the American Film Renaissance since its founding in 2003; created to "provide a forum for films and voices often marginalized by the contemporary artistic community," the AFR has been a remarkable force for free expression within the art of film, launching a film festival and venturing into documentary film production.
Indoctrinate U, MPI's funny and incendiary expose of intolerance in American higher education, enjoyed a spectacular world premiere at the 2007 AFR event, earning a standing ovation from a sold-out crowd in Washington, D.C.,'s Kennedy Center.