Tiananmen Tonight

Documentary

Storyline

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.

Directors:: Bestor Cram
Michael Streissguth
Writer:: Michael Streissguth
Budget:: $414,695

Cast

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