Politics

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After Truth: Disinformation and the Cost of Fake News
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After Truth: Disinformation and the Cost of Fake News

After Truth: Disinformation and the Cost of Fake News explores the ongoing threat caused by the ‘fake news’ phenomenon in the United States, focusing on the real-life consequences of spreading disinformation, false stories an...
Why We Fight
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Why We Fight

Why We Fight examines the military-industrial complex after World War II and how it has shaped American foreign policy throughout the 20th and 21st centuries. It offers numerous interviews with members of all levels of the go...
Taxi To The Dark Side
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Taxi To The Dark Side

Taxi To The Dark Side explores the United States’ use of torture and focuses on the case of an innocent Afghan man who was beaten to death by American soldiers while being held in a detention facility. In the winter of 2002,...
We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks
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We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks

We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks follows the rise and fall of Julian Assange, the creator of WikiLeaks. Through the infamous website, Assange helped whistle-blowers to broadcast embarrassing government secrets to the...
The Power of Nightmares
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The Power of Nightmares

The Power of Nightmares compares the rise of two seemingly contrasting ideologies: the neoconservative movement in the US and radical Islamism. Filmmaker Adam Curtis draws a comparative analysis of these two ideologies while...
No End in Sight
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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 the military operations of American forces in Baghdad. The film alleges that the American oc...
The Trap: What Happened to Our Dream of Freedom
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The Trap: What Happened to Our Dream of Freedom

The Trap: What Happened to Our Dream of Freedom is a BBC series written and directed by Adam Curtis that takes on the idea of freedom, particularly as it pertains to a modern conception that sees humans as self-serving indivi...
The Weather Underground
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The Weather Underground

The Weather Underground chronicles the rise and fall of the Weathermen, a radical organisation formed with the intention of overthrowing the US government during the 1970s. Opposed to the Vietnam War and racial unfairness in...
Dixie Chicks: Shut Up and Sing
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Dixie Chicks: Shut Up and Sing

Dixie Chicks: Shut Up and Sing follows all-female American band the Dixie Chicks in the aftermath of their political criticism of the Iraq War and then President Bush during their 2003 London concert. The documentary opens by...
Bitter Lake
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Bitter Lake

Bitter Lake by Adam Curtis advocates a position that Western governments and media have simplified the story of militant Islam down to an argument of good versus evil. It is an examination of why the explanations offered to t...
Boer Separatists
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Boer Separatists

Apartheid, or the South African system of segregation and discrimination based on race, officially came to an end on 27 April, 1994. For some, however, apartheid was a relic of a better time and a system that should be reinst...
Active Measures
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Active Measures

Documenting a breach in liberty that has been swept under the political rug, Active Measures unveils a corrupt and broken election system. Detailing Vladimir Putin’s own attacks on the 2016 American presidential electio...