DC -- DC Labor Filmfest @ US Capitol -- Daniel Ellsberg ("The Most Dangerous Man in America"):
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Presented by the DC Environmental Film Festival and The Impact Arts + Film Fund, The Project On Government Oversight
1971: America is embroiled in a dirty war based on lies. A president is abusing the power of his office, ignoring the will of the people, congress and the courts. He promises peace while planning a war without end. One man, at the center of power, armed with a safe full of secret documents, leaks the truth about the Vietnam war to the New York Times. He risks life in prison to end the war he helped plan. His act of conscience and desperation triggers a Constitutional crisis, Watergate, the only Presidential resignation in history and finally helps end the war. Henry Kissinger called Daniel Ellsberg, "the most dangerous man in America" And three decades later, he's still at it. This documentary tells a story we need now.
US, doc, 2009; Produced and directed by Judith Ehrlich and Rick Goldsmith
Speakers: Daniel Ellsberg, directors Judith Ehrlich and Rick Goldsmith, POGO Executive Director Danielle Brian.
Introducing the film: Jim Moran
Moderating the panel: Leonard Downie, Jr.
Also introduced: Mike Gravel and Hedrick Smith.
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DANGEE_091029_039.JPG: Mike Gravel talking with several including Rick Goldsmith
DANGEE_091029_040.JPG: Mike Gravel and Rick Goldsmith
DANGEE_091029_085.JPG: Chris Garlock with Leonard Downie, Jr.
DANGEE_091029_092.JPG: Chris Garlock
DANGEE_091029_142.JPG: Jim Moran
DANGEE_091029_163.JPG: Danielle Brian
DANGEE_091029_306.JPG: Left to right: Daniel Ellsberg, Judith Ehrlich, Rick Goldsmith, Leonard Downie, Jr., and Danielle Brian.
DANGEE_091029_328.JPG: Hedrick Smith
DANGEE_091029_365.JPG: Ellsberg's daughter and wife during the Pentagon Papers episode
DANGEE_091029_725.JPG: Ellsberg's wife
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2009 photos: Equipment this year: I mostly used the Fuji S100fs. I've also got a Nikon D90 and a newer Fuji -- the S200EHX -- both of which are nice but I still prefer the flexibility of the Fuji.
Trips this year:
Niagara Falls, NY,
New York City,
Civil War Trust conferences in Gettysburg, PA and Springfield, IL, and
my 4th consecutive San Diego Comic-Con trip (including Los Angeles, Yosemite, Death Valley, Kings Canyon, Joshua Tree, etc).
Ego strokes: I had a picture of a Lincoln-Obama cupcake sculpture published in Civil War Times and WUSA-9, the local CBS affiliate, ran a quick piece on me. A picture that I took at the annual Abraham Lincoln Symposium appeared in the National Archives' "Prologue" magazine. I became a volunteer with the Smithsonian American Art Museum.
Number of photos taken this year: 417,000.