Tell the Truth and Run: George Seldes and the American Press (1996)
90 min
This documentary examines the 80 year career of journalist George Seldes, his encounters with Lenin and J. Edgar Hoover, his long battle against press censorship, the tobacco lobby, and his eventual blacklisting.With Ben Bagdikian, Jeff Cohen, Daliel Ellsberg, Ralph Nader, and Marian Seldes
- Release date
- December 1, 1996
- Country of origin
- United States
- Music
- Jon Herbst
Trailer
Cast
- Susan Sarandon as Narrator
- Edward Asner as Reader - Seldes' Writings
- Ben Bagdikian as Self - Author, The Media Monopoly
- Jeff Cohen as Self - Executive Director, FAIR
- Daniel Ellsberg as Self - Subscribed as freshman at Harvard
- Nat Hentoff as Self - Columnist
- Nat Hentoff as The Village Voice
- Russ Holcomb as Additional Voice
- Jack Hollander as Self - In fact subscriber at age 15
- Lorri Holt as Additional Voice
- Phillip Knightley as Author, The First Casualty
Crew
- Rick Goldsmith · Director
- Rick Goldsmith · Writer
- Sharon Wood · Writer
- Rick Goldsmith · Producer
- Jon Herbst · Composer
- Stephen Lighthill · Cinematographer
- Witt Monts · Cinematographer
- Will Parrinello · Cinematographer
- Rick Goldsmith · Editor