The Movement and the "Madman"

How it feels

This documentary tells the story of a 1969 confrontation in the United States between the antiwar movement and President Richard Nixon. It shows how large protests pressured Nixon to back away from his threats to escalate the Vietnam War, including using nuclear weapons.

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What happens

The Movement and the "Madman" (2023) is a feature documentary directed and produced by Stephen Talbot. The documentary covers the 1969 showdown over the war in Vietnam between the peace movement in the United States and President Richard Nixon and National Security Adviser Henry Kissinger. Based on interviews with antiwar activists, historians, and former Kissinger aides, the film shows how two enormous demonstrations in the fall of 1969 pressured Nixon to cancel what he called his “madman” plans to drastically escalate the war, including threats to use nuclear weapons. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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