Fresh
A dynamic and emotionally effective diatribe against global capitalism's role in undermining popular second or third-world democracies
Wally Hammond, Time Out
The War on Democracy
Never believe anything until it is officially denied
2007 · 1h 36m · Not Rated Documentary, History, War
Overview
Set both in Latin America and the United States, the film explores the historic and current relationship of Washington with countries such as Venezuela, Bolivia and Chile. Pilger says that the film "...tells a universal story... analysing and revealing, through vivid testimony, the story of great power behind its venerable myths. It allows us to understand the true nature of the so-called "war on terror". According to Pilger, the film’s message is that the greed and power of empire is not invincible and that people power is always the "seed beneath the snow".
Director and cast
- John Pilger as Self
- Hugo Chávez as Self
- Philip Agee as Self
- Jacobo Árbenz as Self - President of Guatemala (archive footage)
- Richard Nixon as Self (archive footage)
- Henry Kissinger as Self (archive footage)
- E. Howard Hunt as Self (archive footage)
- Ari Fleischer as Self (archive footage)
- Allen Dulles as Self (archive footage)
- Fidel Castro as Self (archive footage)
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