1971: America is embroiled in a dirty war based on lies.
A president is abusing the power of his office, ignoring the will of the people, congress and the courts. He promises peace while planning a war without end.
One man, at the center of power, armed with a safe full of secret documents, leaks the truth about the Vietnam war to the New York Times. He risks life in prison to end the war he helped plan. His act of conscience and desperation triggers a Constitutional crisis, Watergate, the only Presidential resignation in history and finally helps end the war.
Henry Kissinger called Daniel Ellsberg, “the most dangerous man in America”
And 3 decades later, he’s still at it.
This documentary tells a story we need now.
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Look for info here about the upcoming documentary film, The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers, produced and directed by Judith Ehrlich (The Good War And Those Who Refused To Fight It) and Rick Goldsmith (Tell The Truth And Run: George Seldes and the American Press)
March 24, 2008: Most Dangerous Man featured in Hollywood Reporter’s IFP coverage
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This looks like it may equal “The Fog of War” in its power to inform and galvanize the American people against our current, equally ill-conceived war. I wish you every success, and the widest possible distribution!
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