The Trials of Henry Kissinger (2002)

Category: Documentaries

Featuring previously unseen footage, de-classified documents, and revealing interviews with Kissinger supporters (Alexander Haig, Brent Scowcroft, and William Safire) as well as his detractors (Seymour Hersh, William Shawcross, and Christopher Hitchens), The Trials of Henry Kissinger explores how a young boy who fled Nazi Germany grew up to become one of the most powerful and controversial figures in U.S. history.

Instrumental in dictating the course of the Vietnam War, and the deadly power shifts of South America, Kissinger’s legacy remains clouded in controversy. His actions have left him wanted for questioning by various courts around the world. Author Christopher Hitchens has been one of his most vocal public detractors and his book, "The Trial of Henry Kissinger," forms the backbone of this informative and pressing documentary. The Machiavellian machinations of power combined with the secret backroom deals of an administration working to control not only international policy, but what facts would reach the public, continue to ring true today.