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Film: Documentary
The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers
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MDMA
- When
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Mar 14, 2010 – Mar 28, 2010
Sundays (4 & 8pm)
- Where
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Directions: Subway: 1,2,3, B, C trains to 96th Street (two stops from Times Square on 2,3 trains). Bus: M104 up- or downtown to 94th Street; M96 crosstown to Broadway
- Price
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$9-11
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“Hero or traitor? Such is the debate that has taken place over Daniel Ellsburg's decision to leak thousands of pages of confidential documents to The New York Times in 1971. This film covers one of many polarizing issues in what was arguably the most controversial period in United States history; the military conflict in Vietnam. The leaked documents were a comprehensive history of military involvement in Vietnam spanning two decades. Daniel Ellsberg, considered a hero by many for being the honest man in a dishonest administration, for taking a calculated risk to expose the fallacies and lies that provided the foundation for a war that he, himself had helped plan. He's also considered by some to be a traitor for publishing files that threatened to undermine a government built on secrecy and confidentiality.”
Walker Glascock, Flavorpill
2009. Judith Ehrlich and Rick Goldsmith. 94 minutes. USA. B&W / Color.
2010 Acadamy Award Nominee: Best Documentary
In 1971, Daniel Ellsberg, a high-level Pentagon official and Vietnam War strategist, concludes that the war is based on decades of lies and 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.
This is the riveting story of one man's profound crisis of conscience that shook a nation, its courts, its free press and its presidency to the core. It is also an acutely timely and piercing look at the world of government secrecy in wartime as revealed by the ultimate insider. Marked by a landmark Supreme Court battle between America's greatest newspapers and its president, this political thriller unravels a saga that leads directly to Watergate, Nixon's resignation and the end of the Vietnam War.
