An American History Lesson
My initial approach to most political & science fiction movies are never very encouraging for my poor husband. But then something happens and after watching for a while I always tend to like the story line—The Pentagon Papers is one of those “initially rejected ” movies which I loved and was glued to it till the end and not to mention DID NOT FALL ASLEEP!
Its a film on historical facts about the Pentagon Papers- a top secret and classified study that was developed by the Department of Defense on the political and military views about the US involvement in the Vietnam War from 1945 to 1967. The movie focuses on how Daniel Ellsberg contributed to the publications of this highly confidential study in the New York Times.
The film is fascinating to watch because it depicts the true story of how difficult it is to act for an individual with moral and ethical clarity in a complex system of power. It was rather enlightening because it showed that a nation is greatest when the law is considered to be supreme.
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