June 13, 2011

Watch "The Most Dangerous Man in America" Online

The PBS series POV is marking the 40th anniversary of the publication of the Pentagon Papers with a special opportunity to watch "The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers" online.

You can watch the entire film on the POV website until Tuesday, June 14, at 11:59 PM PST.

Film synopsis:

In 1971, Daniel Ellsberg, a leading Vietnam War strategist, concludes that America’s role in the war is based on decades of lies. He leaks 7,000 pages of top-secret documents to The New York Times, a daring act of conscience that leads directly to Watergate, President Nixon’s resignation and the end of the Vietnam War. Ellsberg and a who’s-who of Vietnam-era movers and shakers give a riveting account of those world-changing events in POV’s The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers by award-winning filmmakers Judith Ehrlich (The Good War and Those Who Refused to Fight It) and Rick Goldsmith (Tell the Truth and Run: George Seldes and the American Press). A co-production of ITVS in association with American Documentary | POV.

Watch the full episode. See more POV.

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