MANUFACTURING CONSENT - NOAM CHOMSKY AND THE MEDIA

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• Release Year: 1993
• Genre: Documentary
• Plot: Funny, provocative and suprisingly accessible, Manufacturing Consent explores the political life and ideas of world-renowned linguist, intellectual and political activist Noam Chomsky. Through a dynamic collage of biography, archival gems, imaginative graphics and outrageous illustrations, Mark Achbar and Peter Wintonick's award-winning documentary highlights Chomsky's probing analysis of mass media and his critique of the forces at work behind the daily news. Available for the first time anywhere on DVD, Manufacturing Consent features appearances by journalists Bill Moyers and Peter Jennings, pundit William F. Buckley Jr., novelist Tom Wolfe and philosopher Michel Foucault.
• Cast: Jeff Hansen, Loie Hayes, Edward S. Herman, Arnold Kohen, Robert MacNeil, Bill Moyers, Yossi Olmert, Lydia Sargent, Greg Shackleton, Linda Trichter Metcalf, Peter Jennings, Sarah McClendon, Tom Wolfe, Mark Achbar, Karin Aguilar-San Juan, Paul Andrews, William F. Buckley, Noam Chomsky, Robert Faurisson, Jeff Greenfield, Peter Wintonick
• Director: Mark Achbar
• Runtime: 2:47
• Company: Necessary Illusions Productions Inc., National Film Board of Canada (NFB), Téléfilm Canada, Vision TV, Humanist Broadcasting Foundation, Yleisradio (YLE), Norsk Rikskringkasting (NRK), Special Broadcasting Service (SBS), Zeitgeist Films Ltd., Zeitgeist Video
• Media Format: Movie