Summaries

A film about the noted American linguist/political dissident and his warning about corporate media's role in modern propaganda.

This film showcases Noam Chomsky, one of America's leading linguists and political dissidents. It also illustrates his message of how government and big media businesses cooperate to produce an effective propaganda machine in order to manipulate the opinions of their populations. The key examples featured for this analysis are the simultaneous events of the massive coverage of the communist atrocities of Khmer Rouge regime of Cambodia and the suppression of news of the US supported Indonesian invasion and subjugation of East Timor.—Kenneth Chisholm <kchishol@execulink.com>

Details

Keywords
  • media
  • east timor
  • manufacturing consent
  • media criticism
  • critical thinking
Genres
  • War
  • Biography
  • Documentary
Release date Nov 5, 1992
Motion Picture Rating (MPA) Not Rated
Countries of origin Canada Netherlands Finland Australia Norway
Language English
Filming locations Erin Mills Mall - 5100 Erin Mills Parkway, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
Production companies Téléfilm Canada National Film Board of Canada (NFB) Necessary Illusions Productions Inc.

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Tech specs

Runtime 2h 47m
Color Color Black and White
Sound mix Mono
Aspect ratio 1.37 : 1

Synopsis

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