Whistleblower Film Series Kicks Off Thursday

(Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO)

The DC Labor FilmFest is kicking off a brand new sub-festival, The Whistleblower Film Series, this Thursday night at the Capitol Visitor’s Center. Part of a landmark, nine-year legislative effort to restore credible whistleblower rights for government employees, the Whistleblower Film Series showcases free screenings of dramatic films that explore this vital issue at a critical time, including Thursday’s black comedy about the development of the M2 Bradley fighting vehicle, The Pentagon Wars, starring Cary Elwes and Kelsey Grammer. USAF Colonel James Burton, who Elwes’ character is based on, will speak at the screening. The series continues every Thursday night through October 29 when it will wrap up with the new film The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers with an appearance by Ellsberg and the film’s directors, Judith Ehrlich and Rick Goldsmith. The Whistleblower Film Series is presented by the DC Labor FilmFest and supporters of whistleblower protection legislation, including the Project On Government Oversight, Public Citizen, the Government Accountability Project, the National Whistleblowers Center, Union of Concerned Scientists, Bernabei & Wachtel, the Fund for Constitutional Government, Clifford & Garde LLP, Katz, Marshall & Banks and The Nation Institute. - photo: Jimmy Stewart gives one of his most memorable performances as an idealistic U.S. Senator battling political corruption in "Mr. Smith Goes To Washington"