The Shock Doctrine

The Shock Doctrine

7.4

English/6 min./2007

Genres

Documentary Animation

Synopsis

Drawing surprising connections between market methods and CIA torture techniques developed in the 1950s, the film explores how well-known events of the recent past have been theaters for the shock doctrine, from Pinochet's coup in Chile, to the Tiananmen Square Massacre, to the war in Iraq today.

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