The Lincoln Center Screens 'The Most Dangerous Man in America' 4/30

On Friday, April 30 at 2:30 pm, the Lincoln Center will screen the Oscar-nominated documentary, "The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and The Pentagon Papers," a film by Judith Ehrlich and Rick Goldsmith that was partially funded by The Yip Harburg Foundation. Robert Ellsberg, Daniel's son and a key figure in the Pentagon Papers affair, will appear at the event for a talk-back and questions.

The multiple award-winning film traces how Daniel Ellsberg, a high-level Pentagon official and Vietnam War strategist, concluded that the war was based on decades of lies and leaked 7,000 pages of top secret documents to The New York Times, making headlines around the world. Ellsberg risked life in prison to stop a war he helped plan. This story is also a look at the world of government secrecy as revealed by the ultimate insider.

Robert Ellsberg, Daniel's son, was 13 years old when his father asked for his help in Xeroxing the top-secret Pentagon Papers study. Robert was later called before the Grand Jury to testify to his father's acts and Robert's testimony served in part as the basis of the indictment against Ellsberg and a "co-conspirator," Tony Russo. Robert earned a Master's degree in Theology from Harvard Divinity School. He is currently the publisher of Orbis Books, the publishing arm of the Maryknoll Fathers.

The film was a 2010 Academy Award Nominee and has won seven other prizes to-date.

This free screening will be Friday, April 30 at 2:30 PM in Bruno Walter Auditorium, 40 Lincoln Center Plaza. Reservations are not required. For further info, go to the film's website. For more event information, call the Yip Harburg Foundation office at 212-343-9668.

The Yip Harburg Foundation advances and promotes new works of American political art, especially efforts involving cultural and societal issues. To that end, it has funded or helped to fund over 50 political documentaries to-date. This screening is part of the ongoing Yip Harburg Political Documentary Series, a program of the NY Public Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center, where Yip Harburg's Creative Archive is also housed. More on the Foundation can be found at the website: http://www.yipharburg.com/