A new short film by Oscar-nominated filmmaker Judith Ehrlich
From the website of the film An Ordinary Insanity:
“In this 29-minute documentary, renowned whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg provides a powerful wakeup call about the global threat posed by nuclear weapons and how we can dramatically reduce the real and present danger of nuclear annihilation.
Before he released the top-secret Pentagon Papers during the Vietnam War, Ellsberg was a nuclear war planner with access to classified information on U.S. nuclear strategy.
Filmed a year before his death at age 92, Ellsberg speaks with clarity and urgency about the dangers we face, noting,” I’ve long said that to my last breath I will be doing what I can to postpone and avert the risk of nuclear war.”
With ongoing conflicts heightening nuclear tensions and with the recent end of the new START treaty potentially triggering a renewed arms race, An Ordinary Insanity is a timely film to help mobilize broad public concern and action for arms control and nuclear disarmament.”
