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Highlighted Film
The Fog of War
What does Robert McNamara, Secretary of Defense during the Vietnam War, think about his role in the war? What lessons has he learned? What was it like for a politician entrenched in fighting "The Cold War"?
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A Nod and a Wink
Pilger in this 1970's documentary shows how the Brittish government is using an arcane law to suppress free speech at whim.
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America: Freedom to Fascism
Join Aaron Russo as he explores the connection between income tax collection and the erosion of civil liberties in America.
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American Blackout
Is there a concerted effort to discourage Americans from voting? What happened when Georgia Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney chose to play an active role in the investigation of the voting systems?
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Burp!– Pepsi vs Coke The Ice Cold War
John Pilger’s first collaboration with fellow Australian director Alan Lowery, looks at the worldwide struggle for soft drink supremacy by the Coca Cola company, and illuminates the power of multinational corporations.
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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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COINTELPRO: The F.B.I's War on Black America
This documentary captures a time in the U.S. when Black Americans were on the brink of revolution, a time when righteous leaders declared that it was time to stop being victims. A time when people like Dr. King, Malcolm X, The Black Panther Party and others were targets of J. Edgar Hoover's secret F.B.I program, the COINTELPO.
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Empire in the Andes
What exactly is Plan Columbia? Between the Columbian military, paramilitary groups and FARC who is and should the US be supporting and how does the war on terror and the war on drugs effect US influence in South America?
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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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Hidden Wars Of Desert Storm
If you want to learn about the second Iraq war, you better first learn about what happenned about the first Iraq war and some history of the US policies with Iran as well...key interviews and investigative journalism educates and surprises. This film explains some important historical facts that our media has totally ignored, at the expense of American soldiers and tax payers.
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Howard Zinn: You Cant Stay Neutral On a Moving Train
The life and times of Howard Zinn: the historian, activist, and author of several classics including the best selling "A Peoples History of the United States". Archival footage, and commentary by friend, colleagues and Zinn himself.
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Iran (is not the problem)
Is Iran really a threat to the US? Did Iran offer the US normalized relations with Israel? Find information on the Geopolitical struggle and history of conflict between the US and Iran.
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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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Occupation 101: Voices of the Silenced Majority
This 2006 documentary on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict discusses events from the rise of Zionism to the Second Intifada and Israel's unilateral disengagement plan, and presents its case through dozens of interviews. The film questions the nature of Israeli-American relations. Specifically, it questions the Israeli military occupation of the West Bank and Gaza, and whether Americans taxpayers should help pay for it.
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PBS Frontline: Cheney’s Law
For three decades Vice President Dick Cheney conducted a secretive, behind-closed-doors campaign to give the president virtually unlimited wartime power. Finally, in the aftermath of 9/11, the Justice Department and the White House made a number of controversial legal decisions. Orchestrated by Cheney and his lawyer David Addington, the department interpreted executive power in an expansive and extraordinary way, granting President George W. Bush the power to detain, interrogate, torture, wiretap and spy -- without congressional approval or judicial review.
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Plan Colombia
20 years of U.S. war-on-drugs. 20 years of failure. WHY?
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Stealing a Nation
Would Britain eradicate a nation’s entire population using trickery and force in order to make a business deal with the United States? If Britain’s own courts deemed this illegal and commanded politicians to allow the citizens to return to their homeland, would they ignore their own judicial system? John Pilger investigates.
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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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TerrorStorm: A History of Government-Sponsored Terrorism
Learn about historical examples of western governments covertly attacking their own civilians for political motives. Do the bombings of New York and London have any similarities to these events and why would leaders have a motive to terrorize their own civilians?
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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 Money Masters - How International Bankers Gained Control of America
Is the US Federal Reserve a governmental institution or a private bank and what does it matter? This is an absolutely mind blowing film that covers the history of money and banking systems throughout Europe and America. It shows how wealth is concentrated and how the structure of the system forces people to transfer their earnings to an elite few without even realizing it.
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The Panama Deception: Exposing the Cover Up!
Why was Manuel Noriega a friend of the United States and why did the US government mark him as an enemy and overthrow his government? This film explores the 1989 invasion in a manner different from what one would have seen on television.
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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 Trap: What Happened to Our Dream of Freedom? Episode 2: The Lonely Robot
This series looks at individuality and freedom and how these concepts have shaped our society. How did a new found addiction to numbers and statistics change our society to be highly dependent on psychological drugs? What happens when a politician focuses more on what society wants rather than what society needs?
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The Truth Game
John Pilger looks at world-wide propaganda surrounding the nuclear arms race.
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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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War By Other Means
John Pilger and David Munro examine the policy of First World banks agreeing loans with third world countries, who are then unable to meet the crippling interest charges.
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