The Movement and the “Madman” tells the little-known story of one of the most dramatic and consequential showdowns in American history between a protest movement and a president.
The film reveals how two antiwar demonstrations in the fall of 1969 — the largest the country had ever seen — helped prevent a massive escalation of the U.S. war in Vietnam, including the threatened use of nuclear weapons. At the time, protestors had no idea what they had prevented and how many lives they had saved.
It’s an inspiring story, one that offers hope in a time when autocracy threatens democracy, war rages in Ukraine, and we all face an impending global climate catastrophe.
