Posts Tagged ‘Consumerism’
Owned & Operated
Owned & Operated is a mosaic of the world through the lens of the internet. Showing our lives as consumers, under the thumbs of privileged individuals and their methods of control. But the world is awakening, and the experience is something outside the normal rules of social interaction, causing excitement in those who are not [...]
Louis Theroux’s Weird Weekends: Infomercials
In this episode of Louis Theroux’s Weird Weekends, he attempts to become a presenter on Florida’s Home Shopping Network TV channel and meets the people who invent, sell and make a fortune from products such as the Win Gym. Louis gives viewers the chance to get brief glimpses of things they wouldn’t normally come into [...]
Psywar: The Real Battlefield Is The Mind
This film explores the evolution of propaganda and public relations in the United States and the world, with an emphasis on the “elitist theory of democracy” and the relationship between war, propaganda and class. Psywar: The Real Battlefield is the Mind is designed both as an introduction to the concept of psychological warfare by governments [...]
WAL-MART: The High Cost Of Low Price
WAL-MART: The high cost of low price is a feature length documentary that uncovers a retail giant’s assault on families and American values. The film dives into the deeply personal stories and everyday lives of families and communities struggling to fight a Goliath. A working mother is forced to turn to public assistance to provide [...]
The Story Of Stuff
From its extraction through sale, use and disposal, all the stuff in our lives affects communities at home and abroad, yet most of this is hidden from view. The Story of Stuff is a 20-minute, fast-paced, fact-filled look at the underside of our production and consumption patterns. The Story of Stuff exposes the connections between [...]
The Century Of The Self
His influence on the 20th century is widely regarded as massive. The documentary describes the impact of Freud’s theories on the perception of the human mind, and the ways public relations agencies and politicians have used this during the last 100 years for their “engineering of consent”. Among the main characters are Freud himself and [...]
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College Inc.
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Cyber Warfare: Fighting in the Fifth Dimension
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Occupy: The Movie
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2012: Time For Change
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Inside the Mind of Google
May 10, 2012 08:05
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Spaceman:
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