Changing it up - Independent Films!

A film that the New York Post claimed was "as powerful as anything Hollywood could throw at us," has hit the airwaves and made it to a 2010 Acadamy Award Nomination. The Most Dangerous Man in America,a film distributed by First Run Features, focuses on Daniel Ellsberg, the man who is famous for releasing the Pentagon Papers in 1971.
Check out the trailer, here:



There has been a lot of recent buzz about this film, even though it has been around for a while. Ellsberg and his wife attended the Academy Awards in March, something that would seem so out of character for a political hero (or enemy, to each his own). Wiki-Leaks, the release of 91,000 hidden documents regarding America's involvement in Afghanistan is being called the "new Pentagon Papers." Sure enough, Ellsberg states that he sees a lot of similiarities in the two, despite the fact that his expose happened before the internet. He has been on the news constantly recently as the wise owl providing knowledge on a young man's media betrayal toward our government. You can check out one of his interviews here, but there are just so many others since he is in high demand as a source to put in word and clarify America's public about what is going on. At the same time, this new newsworthy outbreak has brought Ellsberg back in the political spectrum at 79 years old.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hxdYJzXd-PM

Daniel Ellsberg has stated that he admires the Wiki-Leaker for challenging governments.It is easy to judge Ellsberg as a "dangerous man," after all he holds the title of The Most Dangerous Man in America. It couldn't be clearer. But after watching the documentary on him, narrated by him himself, he is revealed to be one of the bravest politicians we have. He is placed in the light of a hero. It takes a lot of balls to do what he did in the middle of one of the biggest wars in our history, and in my opinion it doesn't even compare to Assange, the Wiki-Leaker who used the internet to personally reveal mass secrets. Ellsberg once had to do it completely on his own, under the radar.
Ellsberg is no longer a wanted civilian, Assange has taken his place of being the governments #1 enemy. But time will have to pass before anyone can take Ellsbergs title as The Most Dangerous Man.