Trumbo (2008)

Through a focus on the life of Dalton Trumbo 19051976 this film examines the effects on individuals and families of a congressional pursuit of Hollywood Communists after World War II Trumbo was one of several writers directors and actors who invoked the First Amendment in refusing to answer questions under oath They were blacklisted and imprisoned We follow Trumbo to prison to exile in Mexico with his family to poverty to the public shunning of his children to his writing under others names and to an eventual but incomplete vindication Actors read his letters his children and friends remember and comment Archive photos newsreels and interviews add texture Written by