This film is presented in collaboration with Futures Without Violence. Following the screening, there will be a Q&A with Daniel Ellsberg and director Judith Ehrlich.
In 1971, Daniel Ellsberg, a leading Vietnam War strategist in the Pentagon, concludes that America's role in the war is based on decades of lies. He copies and leaks 7,000 pages of top-secret documents to The New York Times and then toThe Washington Post, a daring act of conscience that leads directly to Watergate, President Nixon's resignation and the end of the Vietnam War - as well as a Supreme Court ruling expanding press freedom.
This film is presented in collaboration with Futures Without Violence. Following the screening, there will be a Q&A with Daniel Ellsberg and director Judith Ehrlich.
In 1971, Daniel Ellsberg, a leading Vietnam War strategist in the Pentagon, concludes that America's role in the war is based on decades of lies. He copies and leaks 7,000 pages of top-secret documents to The New York Times and then toThe Washington Post, a daring act of conscience that leads directly to Watergate, President Nixon's resignation and the end of the Vietnam War - as well as a Supreme Court ruling expanding press freedom.
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