The Shock Doctrine (2007)
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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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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Genre:Documentary, Animation
Written By:Alfonso Cuarón, Naomi Klein
In Theaters:9/30/2007
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Runtime:6 minutes
Studio:Esperanto Filmoj, Klein Lewis Productions, Penguin Books, Renegade Films
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