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We should be fearful of the Military-Industrial Complex. If you don't think so, watch this film! Grand Jury Prize winner at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival, Why We Fight is an unflinching look at the anatomy of American war making. Granted unparalleled Pentagon access, the film launches a nonpartisan inquiry into the forces - political, economic and ideological - that drive Americans about the dangers of the 'military-industrial complex,' filmmaker Eugene Jarecki (The Trials of Henry Kissinger) weaves unforgettable stories of everyday Americans touched by war with commentary by a who's who of military and Washington insiders. Featuring John McCain, Gore Vidal, Richard Perle and others, the film explores a half century of US Foreign Policy from WWII to the Iraq war, revealing how, as Eisenhower warned, political and corporate interests have become alarmingly entangled in the business of war. On a deeper level, what emerges is a portrait of a nation in transition - drifting dangerously far from her founding principles towards a more imperial and uncertain future. |
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Hijacking Catastrophe - 9/11 Fear and Selling of American Empire, examines how a radical fringe of the Republican Party has used the trauma of the 9/11 terror attacks to advance a pre-existing agenda to radically transform American foreign policy while rolling back civil liberties at home. The documentary places the Bush administration's false justifications for war in Iraq within the larger context of a two decade struggle by neo-conservatives to dramatically increase military spending in the wake of the Cold War, and to expand American power globally by means of force. At the same time, the film explains how the Bush administration has sold this radical and controversial plan for aggressive American military intervention by deliberately manipulating intelligence, political imagery, and the fears of the American people after 9/11. |
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War Made Easy: How Presidents and Pundits Keep Spinning US to Death Narrated by actor Sean Penn and based on the acclaimed book by Norman Solomon, the film exhumes five decades of remarkable archival footage to reveal , in stunning detail, how the American news media have uncritically disseminated and glamorized the pro-war messages of successive presidential administrations. The film gives special attention to parallels between the Vietnam War and Iraq, setting government spin and media collusion from the present alongside virtually identical patterns from the past. An invaluable introduction to war propaganda and public relations that transcends partisan politics as it raises serious questions about the role of journalism and political communication in democratic societies. The film exposes how presidential administrations of both parties have relied on a combination of deception and media complicity to sell one war after another. |
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Think you can trust the media? Think again. There were two wars going on in Iraq - one was fought with armies of soldiers, bombs and a fearsome military force. The other was fought alongside it with cameras, satellites, Armies of journalism and propaganda techniques. One war was rationalized as an effort to find and remove WMDs - Weapons of Mass Destruction; the other was carried out by even more powerful WMDs, Weapons of Mass Deception. Extras include: Movie trailer narrated by actor Tim Robbins; Interview with director Danny Schecter, "News Director" news retrospective; 1968-2004 and "Get Involved" resources: websites and books to make a difference. |
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OUTFOXED: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism
For the first time ever, this documentary reveals the secrets of former FOX news producers, reporters, bookers and writers who expose what it's like to work for FOX News. These former FOX employees talk about how they were forced to push a 'right-wing' point of view or risk their jobs. OUTFOXED examines how media empires, lead by Rupert Murdoch's FOX News, having been running a "race to the bottom" in television news. This film provides an in-depth look of FOX News and the dangers of ever-enlarging corporations taking control of the public's right to know. The film explores Murdoch's burgeoning kingdom and the impact on society when a broad swath of media are controlled by one person. Media experts including Jeff Cohen (FAIR), Bob McChesney and Chellie Pingree, provide context and guidance for the story of FOX News and it's effect on society. The team behind OUTFOXED created a system to monitor FOX News, 24 hours a day, for months, to discover exactly how its shows worked noting examples of bias in its coverage. The result is an intense examination of FOX News and the lie inherent in its favorite motto "Fair and Balanced." |
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