The riveting story of one man’s profound crisis of conscience, which shook a nation, its courts, its free press, and its presidency to the core. In 1971, Daniel Ellsberg, a high-level Pentagon official, leaked 7,000 pages of top-secret documents to The New York Times after concluding that the Vietnam War was based on decades of lies. Hailed as a hero, vilified as a traitor, and ostracized by even his closest colleagues, Ellsberg risked life in prison to stop a war that he helped plan.

Awards

Academy Award Nominee: Best Documentary Feature