Watch Benefit of the Doubt

Benefit of the Doubt is a documentary about the production of Peter Brook's experimental anti-Vietnam play, US, and an insightful look at the antiwar movement in Britain. Filmed at the Aldwych Theatre in London, the play was produced by the Royal Shakespeare Company and features performances by Peter Brook, Glenda Jackson, and Michael Williams. Notable for its ambiguous presentation of the war's moral issues, it was criticized by both the right and the left, and languished for some years until finding a new audience among those struggling to understand modern-day incursions in the Middle East.