Film

Tiananmen Tonight

20251h 24mDocumentary

Director: Bestor Cram
Year: 2025

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.

Top cast

Dan Rather

Himself

Susan Zirinsky

Herself

Bob Woodruff

Himself

Wang Dan

Himself

Directed by

Bestor Cram, Michael Streissguth

Written by

Michael Streissguth

Produced by

Bestor Cram, Michael Streissguth