Posts Tagged ‘Propaganda’

Orwell Rolls in his Grave

Orwell Rolls in his Grave

The film examines the current and past relationships between the media, the US government and corporations, analyzing the possible consequences of the concentration of media ownership. Making references to George Orwell’s novel Nineteen Eighty-Four, the film argues that reality has met and in some ways exceeded Orwell’s expectations about a society dominated by thought control, [...]

Psywar: The Real Battlefield Is The Mind

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 [...]

The Atomic Cafe

The Atomic Cafe

The Atomic Cafe is an acclaimed documentary film about the beginnings of the era of nuclear warfare, created from a broad range of archival film from the 1940s, 1950s and early 1960s – including newsreel clips, television news footage, U.S. government-produced films (including military training films), advertisements, television and radio programs. News footage reflected the [...]

WMD: Weapons of Mass Deception

WMD: Weapons of Mass Deception

WMD: Weapons of Mass Deception , a 100 minute non-fiction film, explores this story with the findings of a gutsy, media insider-turned-outsider, former network journalist, Danny Schechter, who is one of America’s most prolific media critics. Schechter says he “self-embedded” himself in his living room to monitor media coverage, by fastidiously tracking the TV coverage [...]

Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky on the Media

Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky on the Media

“If we don’t believe in freedom of expression for people we despise, we don’t believe in it at all.” “Everybody’s worried about stopping terrorism. Well, there’s a really easy way: stop participating in it.” This film showcases Noam Chomsky, one of America’s leading linguists and political dissidents (often called the most quoted man alive). It [...]