The Man Nobody Knew: In Search of My Father, CIA S
October 27, 2011 12:00pm
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November 03, 2011 12:00pm
Circle Cinema 10 S. Lewis Tulsa, OK
In this exploration of the life and career of former CIA director William Egan Colby, The Man Nobody Knew traces Colby's career in the U.S. intelligence community, his complicated home life, and the secrets he kept from his family. Narrated and directed by William Colby's son, Carl Colby, the film begins with Colby's service in World War II as an officer and paratrooper with the OSS, and follows his rise through the Central Intelligence Agency, where his roles included political covert action to oppose the Communist Party in Italy, counterinsurgency actions and involvement in the 1963 coup in South Vietnam (in concert with President John F. Kennedy) during the Vietnam War, and later as Director of Central Intelligence in the 1970s. During Colby's brief, tumultuous tenure leading the agency, he revealed the existence of documents describing illegal activities by the CIA, known as the ''Family Jewels'', in an effort to reform the agency. The film concludes with Colby's disappearance and death in April 1996.
