Movies at the Library: “The Post”

Rating: PG-13. Duration: 1 hr., 58 minutes.

Produced in 2017, The Post is a historical, political thriller.  The film depicts the attempts by The Washington Post to publish the Pentagon Papers, which were classified documents about the history of America’s role in the Vietnam War.  The film stars Meryl Streep as Post publisher Katherine Graham and Tom Hanks as Post Executive Editor Ben Bradlee.