Raid film honored at festival

“Seized,” Herizon Production’s feature-length documentary about Marion, the Record, and the disavowed 2023 raid on the Record newsroom and two homes, was named Show Me documentary of the year at this past weekend’s True/False film festival in Columbia, Missouri.

The film was screened four times at the festival, including at a crowded 1,200-capacity Missouri Theater, a elaborately restored 1920s grand theater.

Record editor Eric Meyer and former Record reporter Phyllis Zorn were featured in a nearly hour-long panel discussion and question-and-answer session after the showing at the theater.

The film had its premier at the prestigious Sundance Film Festival last month, but documentary director Sharon Liese said being named Show Me film of the year was an even greater honor.