Directed by Judith Ehrlich & Rick Goldsmith
USA, 2009, 94 mins.
Language: English Genre: Documentary
This Oscar-nominated film takes an in-depth look at Daniel Ellsberg, the former high-level Pentagon official and Vietnam War strategist. Concluding that the war is based on decades of lies, he leaks 7,000 pages of top-secret documents to The New York Times, making headlines around the world. Hailed as a hero, vilified as a traitor, and ostracized by even his closest colleagues, Ellsberg risks life in prison to stop a war he helped plan. Equally enraging and inspiring, this political thriller is the riveting story of how one man’s profound change of heart led directly to Watergate, Nixon’s resignation, and the end of the Vietnam War.