The Man Nobody Knew: In Search of My Father, CIA Spymaster William Colby

This personal documentary told by the son of a legendary CIA spymaster is both an effective history of the CIA’s involvement in foreign policy--especially in Vietnam--and a riveting exploration of family and national secrets.  It effectively documents and questions the actions of our clandestine services and attempts a kind of cost/benefit analysis of the act of keeping secrets.  It is most fascinating that Carl Colby, as both son and filmmaker, is able to uncover and explain so much about who his father was and how the CIA works, while at the same time getting no closer to understanding either entity.  This makes this one of the most accurate spy stories ever put on film.