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OnlyelevenAmericanshaveeverbeenchargedundertheEspionageActof1917.EightofthemsincePresidentObamatookoffice.Oscar-nominateddocumentarianJamesSpionereturnstotheFestivalwiththeincrediblepersonaljourneysoftwomembersofthatoctet,ThomasDrakeandJohnKiriakou,alongwithJesselynRadack,theaccountabilityadvocatewhohelpedbringtheircasestolight.<br/> Withparticularresonanceinthepost-Snowdenera,Silencedmakesanimpassionedandthought-provokingdefenseofwhistleblowersasanindispensibleunitinafunctioningdemocracy.SpionecataloguestheextraordinarylengthstowhichtheU.S.governmenthasgonetokeepitsmostdamningsecrets,asRadack,Drake,andKiriakou,theex-CIAoperativewhofirstrevealedwaterboardingasanestablishedagencypractice,becomecautionarytalesforanyAmericanwhotakesthegovernment’sfealtytoConstitutionalidealsasagiven.ExecutiveProducedbySusanSarandon.
