The Shock Doctrine

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2007 / 6min.

Rating7.4

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.

Directors

Actors

Naomi Klein

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