Starts March 5th

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USA. 2009. Dir.: Judith Ehrlich and Rick Goldsmith. Digital projection. 92 min.

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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.

ACADEMY AWARD® NOMINEE- BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE

"CRITIC’S PICK! “Riveting! A straight-ahead, enthralling story of moral courage. This story changed the world…offers one revelatory interview after another… We have not celebrated Daniel Ellsberg enough. Let’s begin."
- NEW YORK MAGAZINE

"Fascinating, must-see documentary ….crams a wealth of material into 90 minutes without losing clarity or momentum."
- VARIETY

"Gripping, evocative… comprehensively detailed …chilling -- and perversely entertaining."
- THE LOS ANGELES TIMES

"A thrilling journalistic drama…filmmakers do an astounding job relating how Ellsberg brought the Pentagon Papers -- which laid out in plain language how the Pentagon and White House had been lying to the public about the war -- to light… a brisk and eye-opening approach to recent history."
- THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER

"Detailed, clearly told and persuasive film."
- THE NEW YORK TIMES

"A professional job, standing above the crowd of politico documentaries."
- THE VILLAGE VOICE

"The most exciting thriller I’ve seen in a while… as powerful as anything Hollywood can throw at us."
- NEW YORK POST

"Gripping! Almost seismic drama…A classic whistleblower tale."
- ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY

Original English version

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