Top Secret

Geoffrey Cowan and Leroy Aarons’ timely docudrama about decision to publish the Pentagon Papers, a top secret study documenting U.S. involvement in Vietnam. The subsequent trial tested the parameters of the First Amendment, pitting the public’s right to know against the government’s desire for secrecy. Includes post-show panel discussions featuring Ben Bradlee, Carl Bernstein, John Dean, and other journalists and politicians.