Tiananmen Tonight

2025 • 1h 24m • Documentary

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.

Director

Bestor Cram, Michael Streissguth

Writers

Michael Streissguth

Status

Released