Underplayed Gems

The Most Dangerous Man in America (2009)

The Most Dangerous Man in America poster
Directed by
Rick Goldsmith
Genre
documentary film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 32m
Rating
7.4 of 10 from 46 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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This documentary follows Daniel Ellsberg as he copies and leaks the Pentagon Papers, a secret government history of the Vietnam War. It shows the events that led to the 1971 publication and the fallout from that decision.

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What happens

The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers is a 2009 American documentary film directed by Judith Ehrlich and Rick Goldsmith. The film follows Daniel Ellsberg and explores the events leading up to the 1971 publication of the Pentagon Papers, which exposed the top-secret military history of the United States' involvement in Vietnam. The film was shown on the PBS series POV in 2010, for which it earned a Peabody Award. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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