
Part contemporary investigation and part historical inquiry, documentary follows the quest of one journalist in search of justice. The film focuses on Christopher Hitchens' charges against Henry Kissinger as a war criminal - allegations documented in Hitchens' book of the same title - based on his role in countries such as Cambodia, Chile, and Indonesia. Kissinger's story raises profound questions about American foreign policy and highlights a new era of human rights. Increas... (Full plot summary below)
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Part contemporary investigation and part historical inquiry, documentary follows the quest of one journalist in search of justice. The film focuses on Christopher Hitchens' charges against Henry Kissinger as a war criminal - allegations documented in Hitchens' book of the same title - based on his role in countries such as Cambodia, Chile, and Indonesia. Kissinger's story raises profound questions about American foreign policy and highlights a new era of human rights. Increasing evidence about one man's role in a long history of human rights abuses leads to a critical examination of American diplomacy through the lens of international standards of justice.
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| San Francisco ChronicleJonathan CurielHaunting music, the seriousness of the allegations and riveting interviews with Alexander Haig, Christopher Hitchens and others give Kissinger extra drama and urgency. |
| San Francisco ChronicleBob GrahamHaunting music, the seriousness of the allegations and riveting interviews with Alexander Haig, Christopher Hitchens (whose book inspired the film) and others give "Kissinger" extra drama and urgency. |
| San Jose Mercury NewsBruce NewmanTakes a fresh and absorbing look at a figure whose legacy had begun to bronze. |
| New York Daily NewsJack MathewsThe Trials of Henry Kissinger serves as both a prosecution brief on the above charges and an unauthorized biography. |
| Washington PostDesson ThomsonMakes compelling, provocative and prescient viewing. You can draw your own conclusions. |
| Baltimore SunMichael SragowThe movie never undercuts his brilliance and his unexpected charisma. No matter how high his degree of malevolence, he cuts a bigger figure after you see the movie than he did before. |
| Miami HeraldMarta BarberPuts you on edge about what goes on behind the closed doors of the White House. Even if the case against Kissinger is not fully convincing, the documentary keeps you glued to your seat and thinking long after you've left the theater. |
| Denver PostSteven RosenThe film is insightful about Kissinger's background and history. |
| Kansas City StarRobert W. ButlerWhether you buy Hitchens' arguments, one leaves The Trials of Henry Kissinger seeing him as a man who viewed international diplomacy as a game, blithely ignoring the human toll of his gamesmanship. |
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