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Manufacturing Consent - Noam Chomsky and the Media
20062 h 47 min 15 secFilm: Documentary
Direction: Mark AchbarPeter Wintonick
Production: Mark AchbarPeter WintonickAdam SymanskyDennis MurphyColin Neale
Co-produced by Necessary Illusions Productions Inc. and the NFB with the financial assistance of Telefilm Canada and in association with Vision/TV Canada, HOS Holland, YLE-TV2 Finland, NRK Norway and SBS Australia.
In an energetic fusion of images and ideas, this two-volume video explores the political life and ideas of the controversial author, linguist and radical philosopher, Noam Chomsky. Highlighting Chomsky's analysis and criticisms of the media, Manufacturing Consent focuses on democratic societies where populations not disciplined by force are subjected to more subtle forms of ideological control. Shocking examples of media deception permeate Chomsky's critique of the forces at work behind the daily news.
Subject categories
- Politics and Government > AsiaDemocracyPortraitsWar and Conflict
- Media and Communication > Journalism and News ReportingPortraitsSocial Issues
Credits
- director
- Mark Achbar
- Peter Wintonick
- producer
- Mark Achbar
- Peter Wintonick
- Adam Symansky
- executive producer
- Dennis Murphy
- Colin Neale
- cinematography
- Francis Miquet
- Mark Achbar
- Barry Perles
- Norbert Bunge
- Ken Reeves
- Kip Durrin
- Bill Snider
- Savas Kalogeras
- Kirk Tougas
- Antonin Lhotsky
- Peter Wintonick
- sound
- Katharine Assals
- Gary Marcuse
- Leigh Crisp
- Hans Oomes
- Jacques Drouin
- Robert Silverthorne
- Karen Glynn
- Deanne Snyder
- Peter Wintonick
- editing
- Peter Wintonick
- sound editing
- Katharine Assals
- re-recording
- Jean-Pierre Joutel
- Shelley Craig
- animation
- Joan Churchill
- Mark Achbar
- Brian Duchscherer
- Katharine Assals
- Wendy Tilby
- music
- Carl Schultz