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If you are some one interested in history, documentary, or truth, be sure not to miss the movie “The Post“. It is a 2017 American political thriller film directed and produced by Steven Spielberg and written by Liz Hannah and Josh Singer, starring Meryl Streep as Katherine Graham and Tom Hanks as Ben Bradlee. The Post depicts the true story of The Washington Post journalists and their attempts in publishing the Pentagon Papers, classified documents regarding the 30-year involvement of the United States government in the Vietnam War. 

The Post was chosen by the National Board of Review as the best film of 2017 and was named as one of the top 10 films of the year by Time and the American Film Institute. It received two nominations at the 90th Academy Awards, Best Picture and Best Actress for Streep, and six nominations at the 75th Golden Globe Awards: Best Motion Picture – Drama, Best Director, Best Actress – Drama for Streep, Best Actor – Drama for Hanks, Best Screenplay and Best Original Score.

 The Pentagon Papers, a study prepared by the Department of Defense, were released by Daniel Ellsberg, who had worked on the study; they were first brought to the attention of the public on the front page of The New York Times in 1971. A 1996 article in The New York Times said that the Pentagon Papers had demonstrated, among other things, that the Johnson Administration“systematically lied, not only to the public but also to Congress“. More specifically, the papers revealed that the U.S. had secretly enlarged the scope of its actions in the Vietnam War with the bombings of nearby Cambodia and Laos, coastal raids on North Vietnam, and Marine Corps attacks, none of which were reported in the mainstream media. For his disclosure of the Pentagon Papers, Ellsberg was initially charged with conspiracy, espionage, and theft of government property, but the charges were later dismissed after prosecutors investigating the Watergate Scandal discovered that the staff members in the Nixon White House had ordered the so-called White House Plumbers to engage in unlawful efforts to discredit Ellsberg.  In June 2011, the entirety of the Pentagon Papers was declassified and publicly released.

Ellsberg said the documents “demonstrated unconstitutional behavior by a succession of presidents, the violation of their oath and the violation of the oath of every one of their subordinates.” He added that he leaked the Papers to end what he perceived to be “a wrongful war.”

Finally, the Post and Times were together before the Supreme Court to plead their First Amendment argument for the freedom to publish the material. Meanwhile, newspapers across the country pick up the story in solidarity with the Post and Times. The court rules 6–3 in the newspapers’ favor, vindicating Graham’s decision in publishing the documents.

This movie reminds us of the importance of Freedom of Press and the necessary vigilance in order to insure its existence in a true democracy. So, parents and teachers, bring your family and students to see this movie of a historical time, to help them to understand what is required of true democracy, to help them to understand the motivation behind a  government that calls its press the “fake news”,  to help them to realize “Those Who Do Not Learn History Are Doomed To Repeat It.”
Gathered, written, and posted by Windermere Sun-Susan Sun Nunamaker
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