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The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers

In 1971, Daniel Ellsberg, a leading Vietnam War strategist, concluded that America’s role in the war is based on decades of lies. He leaked 7,000 pages of top-secret documents to The New York Times, a daring act of conscience that led directly to Watergate, President Nixon’s resignation, and the end of the Vietnam War.

Series

POV

Premiere Date

October 5, 2010

Length

90 minutes

Funding Type

Co-Production

Awards & Recognition

Nominee

2010 Academy Awards - Best Documentary Feature

Winner

2010 Peabody Awards - George Foster Peabody Award

Nominee

2011 Primetime Emmy Awards - Exceptional Merit in Nonfiction Filmmaking

Judith Ehrlich

Producer/Director

Judith Ehrlich has produced, written, and directed dozens of programs in video, radio, and multimedia on issues of non-violence, education, social justice, human rights, health, disability, housing, and voting rights. In 1991, she produced a three-part radio series on the history of conscientious objection for public radio.
Rick Goldsmith

Producer/Director

Rick Goldsmith produced and directed the Academy-Award nominated documentary feature Tell the Truth and Run: George Seldes and the American Press, broadcast nationwide on public television and cablecast on the Sundance Channel. The film dissects American journalism throughout the 20th century through the actions of a truly independent newspaperman, and offers a piercing look at censorship and suppression in the media. He recently wrote and edited Soul of Justice: Thelton Henderson’s American Journey, a film on a pioneering and controversial African-American jurist.