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Highlighted Film
Orwell Rolls In His Grave
"Orwell Rolls in His Grave" is the consummate critical examination of the Fourth Estate, once the bastion of American democracy. Asking whether the U.S. has entered an Orwellian world of doublespeak where outright lies can pass for the truth, Pappas explores what the media doesn't like to talk about: itself.
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9/11 Mysteries: Demolitions
Tall buildings shatter in 10 seconds, steel beams buckle as if crushed by Superman. A volcano of ash darkens the sky. Can jet fuel perform such a feat?
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Big Brother, Big Business
Companies you’ve probably never heard of know all about you: where you live, if you're married, where you go on vacation and where you shop. CNBC's David Faber takes a look inside the world's greatest single source of personal marketing data in a two-hour special, "Big Brother, Big Business."
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Breaking the Mirror: The Rupert Murdoch Effect
The Mirror was one of England's most respected papers. Now it has become a sensational paper more bent on selling papers and making advertisers happy than on providing the truth to the working class. Pilger explains how this happened and what Rupert Murdoch owner of Fox News had to do with it.
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CBC The Fifth Estate: Sticks and Stones
This CBC, award winning Fifth Estate mini documentary takes an outside look at the American media and how it has digressed to a shouting match between Liberal and Conservatives, where often big money dictates who is the loudest.
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Century of Self, Episode 1: Happiness Machines
"Century of the Self" tells the untold and sometimes controversial story of the growth of the mass-consumer society. How was the all-consuming self created, by whom, and in whose interests? Episode 1 discusses how Freuds theories started the industry of public relations.
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Century of Self, Episode 2: The Engineering of Consent
"Century of the Self" tells the untold and sometimes controversial story of the growth of the mass-consumer society. How was the all-consuming self created, by whom, and in whose interests? Epsideo 2 discusses how WWII affected how the U.S. government and corporations regarded citizens.
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Century of Self, Episode 4: Eight People Sipping Wine in Kettering
"Century of the Self" tells the untold and sometimes controversial story of the growth of the mass-consumer society. How was the all-consuming self created, by whom, and in whose interests? Episode 4 discusses how Clinton and Blair used Freudian techniques to get elected and how it changed policies.
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Control Room: Propaganda of the Iraq War
A 2004 documentary film about Al Jazeera and its relations with the US Central Command (CENTCOM), as well as the other news organizations that covered the 2003 invasion of Iraq.
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Dispatches: The Killing Zone
British journalists report on Israeli violence in Gaza against not only Palestinian civilians, but international aid volunteers and foreign reporters as well. This is their first hand account of the violence and what life in Gaza is like.
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Dixie Chicks: Shut Up & Sing
This film follows the trials, tribulations and camaraderie of the Dixie Chicks. These three regular girls turned music superstars were transferred into enemies of the state due to one fateful comment.
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Esoteric Agenda
Is there an Esoteric Agenda behind every facet of life that was once believed to be disconnected? Is there an Elite faction guiding most every Political, Economic, Social, Corporate, some Non-Governmental or even Anti-Establishment Organizations?
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Evidence of Revision, Episode 1: The Assassinations of Kennedy and Oswald
Why did Jacklyn Kennedy refuse to take off her blood stained dress before arriving in front of high ranking officials and proclaim, “Let them see what they have done.” The Assasination of JFK is the most famous and most questioned assasination of all time. This film not only provides evidence putting the official story in doubt but actually which important officials were involved in the assasination and who pulled the trigger and why. This is Episode 1 of the 5 part series. We recommend watching this series starting with Episode 1.
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Evidence of Revision, Episode 4: The RFK assassination as never seen before
Who was Robert F. Kennedy? What did he stand for and why was he assasinated? And how was this associated with the assination of his brother? And who was that girl in the blue polka dot dress that gleefully claimed to have killed him on the scene of his murder? These are topics discussed in this 4th episode of a 5 episode series. We recommend watching the series starting with episode 1.
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Evidence of Revision, Episode 5: RFK assassination, MK ULTRA + Jonestown massacre
Is there any evidence that the CIA conducted hypnosis and brainwashing experiments? Why was the one man that survived the Jones town massacre a top CIA agent and why do hypnotism experts alledge that Sirhan Sirhan was hypnotized during the shooting of Bobby Kennedy? This is Episode 5 of the 5 part series. We recommend watching this series starting with Episode 1.
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Iraq: The Hidden Story
What is Iraq really like and why is it so hard for even the unbiased newscasters to show this to us? Hear the answer from the journalists themselves.
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Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media
Chomsky and Herman illustrate their propaganda model, the thesis that corporate media, as profit-driven institutions, tend to serve and further the agendas of the interests of dominant, elite groups in the society.
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Operation Hollywood
The film industry and the U.S. military have a very close working relationship. The armed forces supply Hollywood with use of expensive equipment and stage props as long as Hollywood aids in military propaganda. This investigative study explores this relationship and any moral consequences it might have.
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Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War On Journalism
"Outfoxed" exposes the politically biased slant of the Fox News Network by analysis, disclosure of internal memos and interviews of inside sources. This piece is important in understanding the overt tactics by the media to shape our opinions.
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PBS Frontline - Bad Voodoo's War
A group of California based soldiers, calling themselves the "Bad Voodoo Platoon" provides an inside look at their time in Iraq.
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PBS Frontline: Merchants of Cool
It is no surprise that the lucrative teen market is pursued by corporate America. What might surprise you is how aggressively and covertly they pursue this market as well as what effect they have.
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Sweet Misery - A Poisoned World
how dangerous is your diet sodas and products?
From its history, to its effects, this video is enough to shock anyone into really looking at the food labels next time they shop. When you watch this film you will wonder how Aspartame (i.e. NutraSweet) was approved by the FDA. The film answers this and shows how Donald Rumsfeld then President of Searle, was able to push it through the process over the objections of even the FDA’s own scientists.
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The Assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Was it really a lone racist named James Earl Ray that killed Martin Luther King or was his assassination part of a much bigger plan? And why was the FBI treating Martin Luther King like a threat?
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The Corporation
"The Corporation", Canada's most successful documentary is based on Joel Bakan's book The Corporation: The Pathological Pursuit of Profit and Power. The film has won 26 international awards and 10 Audience Choice Awards including the 2004 Sundance Film Festival. Part film and part movement, "The Corporation" provides insightful and compelling analysis, the film puts the American corporation on the psychiatrist's couch to ask "What kind of person is it?"
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The Israeli Lobby
For many years now the American foreign policy has been characterized by the strong tie between the United States and Israel. Does the United States in fact keep Israel on its feet? And how long will it continue to do so? A Dutch public broadcast shows insight on the subject.
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The Power of Nightmares 1: The Rise of the Politics of Fear
The Power of Nightmares depicts rise of the American Neo-Conservative movement and the radical Islamist movement, making comparisons on their origins and suggesting a strong connection between the two. Episode 1 explores the origins of radical Islamism stemming as well as neo conservatism which promised to mobilize America by creating a mythical enemy.
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The Power of Nightmares 2: The Phantom Victory
The Power of Nightmares depicts rise of the American Neo-Conservative movement and the radical Islamist movement, making comparisons on their origins and suggesting a strong connection between the two. In Episode 2 the Neoconservatives and Islamists join forces to fight the Soviet Union and later target Bill Clinton.
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The Power of Nightmares 3: The Shadows in the Cave
The Power of Nightmares depicts the rise of the American Neo-Conservative movement and the radical Islamist movement, making
comparisons on their origins and suggesting a strong connection
between the two. In Episode 3, Curtis argues that Bin Laden had little support yet the Neo-conservatives created a myth of an organization to further their own political agenda including the invasion of Iraq.
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The Revolution Will Not Be Televised
"The Revolution Will Not Be Televised" is a film about Hugo Chavez, the elected president of Venezuela, and the U.S. supported coup that briefly took him from power.
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The War on Democracy
"The War on Democracy" is a 2007 documentary film directed by Christopher Martin and John Pilger. Focusing on the political state of Latin America, the film is a rebuke of both the United States' intervention in foreign countries' domestic politics, and its war on terrorism.
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Unprecedented: The 2000 Presidential Election
"Unprecedented" discusses corruption in vote counting as well as intentional vote manipulation in Florida during the 2000 presidential election, which George W. Bush won. If you haven't watched this film, there is probably much that you don't know about what really happened in 2000 and how the result of the election was decided by political connections.
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