Trumbo (dir by Peter Askin, Written by Christopher Trumbo, 2007, Samuel Goldwyn/Red Envelope)

Trumbo is the movie which blends interviews, original footage, and beautiful letters written by the eccentric and brilliantly eloquent blacklisted Hollywood screenwriter Dalton Trumbo .. and it beautifully explores this unique personality as seen by his colleagues, friends and family, and conveys the human effects of the Red Scare Mongering that gripped the US Congress and the Entertainment Media in the 1950s and 1960s. Very highly recommended.

Audio Essay: A Kind and Generous Heart (Christine Little, This I Believe, 2008, 4:41)

The NPR Audio Series This I Believe consistency has insightful and honest essays, contributed by both little known and well known individuals. I particular was touched by Christine Little's statement A Kind and Generous Heart.