Tiananmen Tonight

1h 24m
Documentary
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In these perilous times for American journalism comes a story of truth telling in service to democracy. Tiananmen Tonight reveals the powerful human drama of Dan Rather and the CBS Evening News team battling for life and reputation while courageously reporting the extraordinary student uprising in 1989 that brought China to the brink of democratic reform.

Cast

Dan Rather
Himself
Susan Zirinsky
Herself
Bob Woodruff
Himself
Wang Dan
Himself

Crew

Bestor Cram
Director, Producer
Michael Streissguth
Director, Writer, Producer
Michael Majoros
Editor

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