Daniel Ellsberg and the Birth of an Oscar-Nominated Doc

February, 03, 2010 3:59 pm | Comments On #Daniel Ellsberg, documentary, Movies, The Most Dangerous Man in America

The year, 2005: The United States was involved in two wars. We had been lied into at least one of them (Iraq) by our president. The other war (Afghanistan) was already 4 years old, and there was no end in sight. The relevance of Dan Ellsberg's story with the Pentagon Papers, risking life in prison to stop a war he helped plan, was unmistakable.

We both knew Dan, who had appeared in Rick’s Oscar-nominated "Tell the Truth and Run: George Seldes and the American Press." Judith's first encounter with Dan was as an adviser on her ITVS film "The Good War and Those Who Refused to Fight It," on conscientious objectors in World War II.
A mutual friend suggested Dan knew more about WWII than anyone. It was her first encounter with Dan, a...
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Judith Ehrlich and Rick Goldsmith are co-producers and co-directors of Oscar-nominated documentary, “The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers.” Goldsmith also produced and directed the Academy-Award nominated “Tell the Truth and Run: George Seldes and the American Press” and wrote and edited “Soul of Justice: Thelton Henderson’s American Journey.” Ehrlich co-produced and co-directed “The Good War and Those Who Refused to Fight It.” Together they have produced dozens of prize-winning broadcast and educational films and videos over the last two decades.

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