Most Dangerous Man In America – Official Film Site

Judith Ehrlich and Rick Goldsmith, Kovno Communications, have been selected by the Organization of American Historians (OAH) to receive the 2011 Erik Barnouw Award, which is given annually for outstanding reporting or programming on network or cable television, or in documentary film, concerned with American history, the study of American history, and/or the promotion of history. On Saturday, March 19, OAH President David A. Hollinger and President-Elect Alice Kessler-Harris will present the award in Houston, Texas, during the 104th annual meeting of the organization.

Check out this article by Michael Fox on SF360 about Judith Ehrlich’s upcoming project on Iceland and the future of free speech: “Iceland: The Mouse that Roared”.

Judith Ehrlich was quick to leap at the idea of a documentary about WikiLeaks honcho Julian Assange. Too quick, it turned out. “I pitched it to HBO in June [2010] and no one had ever heard of him,” recalled the co-director (with Rick Goldsmith) of The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers, the Academy Award-nominated doc about another famous whistleblower. Then U.S. soldier Bradley Manning was busted and placed in solitary confinement for allegedly supplying classified information to WikiLeaks. “By summer, when I came back, lots of people knew about [Assange],” Ehrlich wryly observed. “In the meantime, lots of people got on the story.”

Museum of Modern Art, NYC, February 25, 2011, 4pm

St. John (Virgin Islands) Film Festival, April 5, 2011, 7:30 pm

American Library Association Annual Meeting, New Orleans, June 25, 2011, 6:00 p.m. Special Appearance by Daniel Ellsberg on Sunday, June 26, 8 – 9:15 a.m.

THE MOST DANGEROUS MAN IN AMERICA: DANIEL ELLSBERG AND THE PENTAGON PAPERS honored at gala ceremony in New York City!

THE MOST DANGEROUS MAN IN AMERICA won its second major history award this month at the 2011 History Makers Awards at a gala event in New York City. A part of History Makers – the international summit for History, Current Affairs, Documentary and Non-Fiction producers and broadcasters – the History Makers Awards honor the very best in factual production for television and the digital space.

“The Awards gala is always a major highlight of the History Makers program,” said Bill Nemtin, Executive Producer of History Makers. “The projects nominated this year were of outstanding quality, and it is an honor to have the opportunity to recognize both winners and nominees at the summit.”

The American Historical Association awarded its John O’Connor Film Award to THE MOST DANGEROUS MAN IN AMERICA on January 7 in Boston.

The Most Dangerous Man in America has won the John E. O’Connor Film Award from the American Historical Association! In recognition of his exceptional role as a pioneer in both teaching and research regarding film and history, the American Historical Association has established this award in honor of John E. O’Connor, New Jersey Institute of Technology. The honorific award seeks to recognize outstanding interpretations of history through the medium of film or video.

Tuesday, October 5 at 9 p.m. (check local listings!) 95% of U.S. households can tune-in to PBS’s series POV, Point of View, for The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers.

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A guide for viewers is online at POV‘s web site, and a guide for teachers is online here. And some suggestions for your next steps can also be found on this site, under “Resources“.

Finally, you can donate to get the guide into schools at Kickstarter.  Please give generously.