Tell the Truth and Run: George Seldes and the American Press (1996)Director:Rick Goldsmith |
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Tell the Truth and Run: George Seldes and the American Press (1996)Director:Rick Goldsmith |
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| Susan Sarandon | ... |
Narrator
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| Edward Asner | ... |
Reader - Seldes' Writings
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Daniel Ellsberg |
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Nat Hentoff | ... |
Himself
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Russ Holcomb | ... |
Additional Voice
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Lorri Holt | ... |
Additional Voice
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| Ralph Nader | ... |
Himself
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Victor Navasky | ... |
Himself
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George Seldes | ... |
Himself
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| Marian Seldes | ... |
Herself
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George Seldes was a journalist and leftist gadfly from the 1920s through the 1950s. He started his career working for the conservative Chicago Tribune and founded a newsletter called In Fact that reported the news the mainstream media ignored. Tell the Truth and Run is not only the story of Seldes struggle to inform, it's also the story of American journalism and its unholy marriage with corporate America. The most remarkable segment involves his efforts, starting in 1942(!), to report the results of Johns Hopkins research that showed the dangers of cigarette smoking--news that the Surgeon General apparently ignored for 20 years. Now more relevant than ever, this is a must see film for critical thinkers of all political stripes.