Editing Daniel Ellsberg (section)

==Films==
* ''[[Pentagon Papers (Film)|The Pentagon Papers]]'' (2003) is a [[Historical drama film|historical film]] directed by [[Rod Holcomb]] about the Pentagon Papers and Ellsberg's involvement in their publication. The movie, in which he is portrayed by [[James Spader]], documents Ellsberg's life, starting with his work for RAND Corp and ending with the day on which the judge declared his espionage trial a mistrial.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2003/tv/reviews/the-pentagon-papers-2-1200542977/|title=The Pentagon Papers|first=Michael|last=Speier|work=Variety|date=March 5, 2003|accessdate=June 21, 2023}}</ref>
* ''[[The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers]]'' (2009) a feature-length documentary by [[Judith Ehrlich]] and Rick Goldsmith traced the decision-making processes by which Ellsberg came to leak the Pentagon Papers to the press, ''The New York Times'' decision to publish, the fallout in the media after publication, and the Nixon Administration's legal and extra-legal campaign to discredit and incarcerate Ellsberg. The film was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature and won a Peabody Award after its 2010 POV broadcast on PBS.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mostdangerousman.org/ |title=The Documentary Film about Daniel Ellsberg, from Ehrlich and Goldsmith's ''Most Dangerous Man'' |publisher=Mostdangerousman.org |access-date=December 2, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080612204859/http://www.mostdangerousman.org/ |archive-date=June 12, 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* [[Hearts and Minds (film)|''Hearts and Minds'']], a 1974 Academy Award winning documentary film about the Vietnam War with extensive interviews with Ellsberg.
* ''[[The Post (film)|The Post]]'' is a 2017 historical drama film directed and co-produced by [[Steven Spielberg]] from a script written by [[Liz Hannah]] and [[Josh Singer]] about ''[[The Washington Post]]'''s  battle with the federal government over its right to publish the Pentagon Papers. In the movie, Ellsberg is portrayed by [[Matthew Rhys]]. The film also stars [[Tom Hanks]] as [[Ben Bradlee]] and [[Meryl Streep]] as [[Katharine Graham]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2018/politics/news/daniel-ellsberg-the-post-pentagon-papers-1202679514/|title=PopPolitics: Daniel Ellsberg on a key moment that didn't make 'The Post'|first=Ted|last=Johnson|work=Variety|date=June 28, 2018|accessdate=June 21, 2023}}</ref>
* [[The Boys Who Said NO! (film)|''The Boys Who Said NO!'']], a 2020 documentary film about the draft resistance movement during the Vietnam War, including interviews with Ellsberg where he talks about the impact resisters had on his decision to risk life in prison for releasing the ''Pentagon Papers''. Directed by Oscar-nominated filmmaker Judith Ehrlich.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.penningtonlibrary.org/boyssaidno/|title=Documentary film discussion with director Judith Ehrlich|publisher=Pennington Public Library|date=March 27, 2022|accessdate=June 21, 2023}}</ref>
* "[[American Experience (season 35)|The Movement and the 'Madman']]{{-"}}, a 2023 PBS ''[[American Experience]]'' documentary film reports how two enormous antiwar protests in the fall of 1969 pressured President Nixon to cancel his secret "madman" plans for a major escalation of the war in Vietnam, including threats to use nuclear weapons. The film was directed and produced by Stephen Talbot and features a key interview with Ellsberg.<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Movement and the "Madman" &#124; PBS|url=https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/movement-and-madman/|access-date=2024-01-10|publisher=PBS|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://nsarchive.gwu.edu/briefing-book/nuclear-vault-vietnam/2023-03-24/movement-and-madman |title=The Movement and the "Madman" |publisher=National Security Archive |date=March 24, 2023 |accessdate=June 21, 2023}}</ref>
* “[https://www.netflix.com/title/81614129 Turning Point: The Bomb and The Cold War]” Episode 3,  Netflix: “With firsthand accounts and access to prominent figures around the world, this comprehensive docuseries explores the Cold War and its aftermath. Episode 3 includes an inspiring, recent interview with Ellsberg and his self-sacrificing choice to release information to the public that would enlighten the world’s understanding of Nuclear Weapons forever and hopefully eventually put an end to the insane development of real life “Doomsday Machines” that still threaten the existence of civilization.