No End in Sight
No End in Sight critically examines the Bush administration’s 2003 invasion of Iraq and the ensuing war, unearthing the aftermath of American military operations in Baghdad. The film alleges that the American occupation has r...
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The War On Democracy
The War on Democracy examines the past and present relationships between the US and Latin American countries such as Venezuela, Chile and Bolivia. John Pilger uses archive footage to show how repeated US intervention, both ov...
War Made Easy: How Presidents & Pundits Keep Spinning Us to Death
War Made Easy, by Loretta Alper and Jeremy Earp, aims to reveal how the American government has deployed the media as a tool for gaining public support for war. Adapted from a book by Norman Solomon and narrated by Sean Penn,...
The Trap: What Happened to Our Dream of Freedom
The Trap is a BBC series written and directed by Adam Curtis that examines the idea of freedom, particularly as it pertains to a modern conception that views humans as self-serving individuals obsessed with personal freedom....
American Drug War: The Last White Hope
After four family members died from legally prescribed drugs, Kevin Booth decided to learn more about attitudes towards drugs in the United States. His documentary American Drug War: The Last White Hope examines current polit...
Hacking Democracy
Hacking Democracy looks at how votes are counted in the US and the irregularities that occurred during the 2000 and 2004 presidential elections. This documentary follows Bev Harris and Kathleen Wynne of the Black Box Voting e...
American Blackout
American Blackout, by Ian Inaba, explores the trials and tribulations of Cynthia McKinney, a Black congresswoman from the state of Georgia. The documentary covers McKinney’s runs in the 2002 and 2004 Democratic primaries for...
Why We Fight
Why We Fight examines the military–industrial complex after the Second World War and how it has shaped American foreign policy throughout the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. It offers numerous interviews with figures fr...
The Power of Nightmares
The Power of Nightmares compares the rise of two seemingly contrasting ideologies: the neoconservative movement in the United States and radical Islamism. Filmmaker Adam Curtis draws a comparative analysis of these ideologies...
Fahrenheit 9/11
Fahrenheit 9/11 is a highly acclaimed documentary by filmmaker Michael Moore that critically examines the presidency of George W. Bush, the War on Terror, and media coverage in the aftermath of the September 11 attacks. Moore...
The Fog of War
The Fog of War is a journey into the nature of warfare and the challenge of making military decisions that carry both immediate and long-term consequences. Former US Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara, a controversial an...
Plan Colombia: Cashing In on the Drug War Failure
A look into the US government’s costly and ineffective battle against the Colombian narcotics trade, financed by the US taxpayer. Colombia’s chaotic situation on the ground involves impoverished farmers who grow coca in order...