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The Newspaperman: The Life And Times of Ben Bradlee
Dokumentaren om Ben Bradlee, den legendariske sjefsredaktøren for Washington Post, som ble rikskjent på 1970-tallet da han trosset de føderale myndighetene og publiserte Pentagon-dokumentene, som senere felte Richard Nixon.
The Last Spy
When the CIA discourages spymaster Peter Sichel to write his memoirs, and a heavily redacted manuscript is returned to him, the disgruntled 100-year-old is ready to tell his story – unredacted. In “The Last Spy”, Sichel recounts and reflects, with wit and wisdom, on the many lives he has lived. Born in Mainz in 1922 into a wealthy German Jewish wine family, Peter leads a privileged life. His world is turned upside down, as soon as Hitler comes to power. For the first time Peter experiences the true meaning of antisemitism when the family is forced to flee from Mainz. After a long trouble-filled journey, living from hand to mouth as refugees, the Sichel family finally makes it to the United States. Peter volunteers for the US army as soon as America enters the war. He is quickly singled out for the newly created Office of Strategic Services (OSS), America’s first clandestine intelligence service. Peter becomes a whiz at recruiting German prisoners of war and turning them into spies. In spy circles he is known as the “Wunderkind”. The war ends as Peter’s unit overruns Dachau concentration camp. The horrors of the Holocaust are forever imprinted on his mind and put a damper on the victory. Recognized as one of the best spymasters at the age of twenty-two, his superiors ask him to remain in Berlin as the head of the OSS during the allied occupation. True to form Peter is the first to discover that the intentions of Russia, America’s former ally, are unfriendly. He reports his findings to Washington and rings in the Cold War! - Now he must work against the new enemy, the Soviet Russia. He is asked to establish spy networks all over East Germany – many of his agents are former Nazis. By 1947, the OSS becomes the CIA with Peter as the station chief in Berlin. He engineers a massive clandestine operation which reveals that, while the Soviets are consolidating their control over Eastern Europe, they have no intention to march westward. The Iron Curtain is frozen in place. Peter has earned his stars and is transferred to Washington. By now Washington and Moscow are dead locked in a nuclear arms race. The Cold War enters a new phase. The Eisenhower administration is turning the CIA into to an action-oriented agency. Peter is promoted to Head of Operations for Eastern Europe, working directly under the CIA Director Allen Dulles. Rather than containing the Soviets, Dulles wants to roll them back. CIA “freedom fighters” are parachuted by the hundreds into Eastern Europe to cause internal insurrections. Peter warns that no freedom fighter would ever be able to penetrate Soviet security. His intelligence is ignored – all freedom fighters die. The Cold War turns hot. Throughout 1950s, the CIA actively begins to overthrow democratic leaders around the world whom they label as Communists, a claim Peter knows to be untrue. His frustration grows. Unnecessary deaths don’t sit well with him. In turn, Peter’s internal criticism of these CIA operations doesn’t sit well with some of his colleagues. A report is filed against him, accusing Peter of being a Soviet spy. An FBI investigation is mounted. Although Peter is cleared of all charges, he is sent far away to work as CIA station chief in Hong Kong. In Asia, Peter becomes quickly embroiled in the CIA overthrow attempt of the Indonesian President Sukarno. It’s a disaster. But there are more to come. In 1959, the CIA has another bright idea, the parachuting of National Chinese “freedom fighters” into Communist China, the exact replica of the operations that had failed miserably in Eastern Europe. Having fought alongside the Americans against the evil of Nazism, having genuinely believed in the American democratic ideals, Peter comes to realize that he no longer wants to be associated with an organization that would trample on those ideals. In 1960, Peter leaves the CIA. - Is that the end of him? – Of course not.
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Alan Pakula: Going for Truth
"Alan Pakula: Going for Truth" encompasses the personal and professional life of Alan J. Pakula, a lauded filmmaker and extremely private man, who was unflinching in his commitment to bringing some of the most memorable movies of the last half of the 20th century to the big screen. Always placing story first and going for truth, this elusive artist finally gets his spotlight. Select cast and crew members from his wide ranging filmography including To Kill A Mockingbird, Klute, All the President's Men, Sophie's Choice, Presumed Innocent, and The Pelican Brief bring Pakula to life once more after he was lost so tragically; while family and friends share their memories of knowing him as an artist, a husband, and a stepfather.
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Pulitzer At 100
The Pulitzer at 100 celebrates the centenary of this revered and seminal national award for literary excellence in journalism and the arts. The totality of the Pulitzers has had an immeasurable impact on the American sensibility and beyond over the past 100 years. The riveting tales of the winning artists give an insider's view of how these pinnacles of achievement are selected in the twenty-one categories and how the award has the power to change lives and communities. The diverse stories explored in the film relate to immigration, race, gender, and above all freedom of speech – all issues that are ever more relevant in America today. Featuring interviews with several notable prize recipients, including authors, journalists, playwrights and musicians such as Toni Morrison, Michael Chabon, Junot Díaz, Tony Kushner, Paula Vogel, Ayad Akhtar, Carl Bernstein, Robert Caro, Martin Baron, Nicholas Kristof, Thomas Friedman, David Remnick, Wynton Marsalis and John Adams, the film also brings Pulitzer-winning works to life through readings by Martin Scorsese, Helen Mirren, Natalie Portman, Liev Schreiber, John Lithgow and Yara Shahidi, all of whom bring their own talents to bear on the words of their favorite writers.
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The Final Days
A chronicle of one of the most fraught presidential administrations, and one of the biggest political scandals of U.S. history. In the early 1970s, Nixon embroiled the highest office of the United States government in a political scandal of epic proportions. 'The Final Days' tells the story of Richard Nixon's administration during his critical period after the Watergate break-in scandal, which ultimately led to Nixon's resignation from the office on August 1974. Based on the acclaimed book written by Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward.
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All the President's Men
Under innspurten til valget i 1972 dekker Washington Post-reporteren Bob Woodward det som synes å være et ubetydelig innbrudd i det nasjonale hovedkvarteret til demokratene.
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