The Most Dangerous Man in America

The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers
Directed by
  • Judith Ehrlich
  • Rick Goldsmith
Produced by
  • Judith Ehrlich
  • Rick Goldsmith
Written by
  • Michael Chandler
  • Judith Ehrlich
  • Rick Goldsmith
  • Lawrence Lerew
Starring Daniel Ellsberg
Music by Blake Leyh
Cinematography
  • Vicente Franco
  • Dan Krauss
Edited by
  • Michael Chandler
  • Rick Goldsmith
  • Lawrence Lerew
Distributed by First Run Features
Release dates
  • September 11, 2009 (2009-09-11) (Toronto)
  • February 5, 2010 (2010-02-05) (United States)
Running time
 92 minutes
Country United States
Language English

The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers is a 2009 documentary film directed by Judith Ehrlich and Rick Goldsmith. The film follows Daniel Ellsberg and explores the events leading up to the publication of the Pentagon Papers, which exposed the top-secret military history of the United States involvement in Vietnam.[1]

The film was shown on the PBS series POV in 2010, for which it earned a Peabody Award.[2][3]

Awards and nominations

Nominated

Won

International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam

Palm Springs International Film Festival

National Board of Review, USA

Mill Valley Film Festival, USA

San Luis Obispo International Film Festival, USA

Boulder International Film Festival, USA

It's All True Film Festival, Brazil

Fresno Film Festival, USA

Sydney Film Festival, Australia

Mendocino Film Festival, USA

Docaviv Film Festival, Israel

Traverse City Film Festival, USA

American Historical Association, USA

History Makers Award, USA

References

  1. ↑ Hale, Mike (16 September 2009). "Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers, The Untold Story of a War, and the Story of the Man Who Told It". New York Times. Retrieved 18 February 2010.
  2. ↑ http://www.pbs.org/pov/mostdangerousman/
  3. ↑ 70th Annual Peabody Awards, May 2011.

External links

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