The War Room (1993), All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. Stone (2016), F for Fake (1973), Nancy (2018), The Revolution Will Not Be Televised (2003), Hijacking Catastrophe: 9/11, Fear & the Selling of the American Empire (2004), Ace in the Hole (1951), Exit Through the Gift Shop (2010) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Media Manipulation movies.
Storyline: Given unprecedented access, documentary filmmakers D.A. Pennebaker Chris Hegedus follow part of the 1992 Clinton campaign for president. During the New Hampshire primary, the campaign hits some stumbling blocks, chief among them the Gennifer Flowers scandal, but nevertheless manages to pull out a second-place finish. From there, strategists George Stephanopoulos and James Carville repair to national campaign headquarters in Little Rock to monitor the remaining duration of the campaign.
Plot Keywords: politics, documentary, behind the scenes, democratic party, media manipulation, real events, american politics ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Giant media conglomerates are increasingly reluctant to investigate or criticize government policies, particularly on defense, security and intelligence issues. They are ceding responsibility for holding governments and corporations accountable to the independent journalists and filmmakers who risk their careers, their freedom and their lives in war zones to expose the truth. With government deception rampant, independent voices are crucially important.
Plot Keywords: documentary, press freedom, investigative journalism, government corruption, democracy, social justice, historical truth ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Truth and deception in art and life are explored by the filmmaker, including the work of art forger Elmyr de Hory.
Plot Keywords: documentary, mockumentary, visual style, art market, media manipulation, cinéma vérité, nonlinear narrative ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Craving connections with others, a woman creates elaborate identities and hoaxes by using pseudonyms on the internet. When she meets a couple whose daughter went missing 30 years earlier, she becomes convinced that these strangers are her parents.
Plot Keywords: psychological thriller, crime, drama, mystery, female lead, identity deception, family secrets ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: In April 2002, an Irish film crew is making a documentary about Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, when a coup from the opposition is made.
Plot Keywords: documentary, political, media, journalism, revolution, democracy, propaganda ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Left-leaning documentary filmmakers Jeremy Earp and Sut Jhally present their case that the neo-conservative members of President George W. Bush's administration, including Vice-President Dick Cheney, saw in the 9/11 terrorist attacks an opportunity to force their ideological beliefs on a frightened nation. Interviews with leftist thinkers like Noam Chomsky, Michael Franti and Daniel Ellsberg buttress the central thesis that the Bush administration used the crisis for their own political ends.
Plot Keywords: political documentary, 9/11 attacks, media manipulation, war on terror, national security, social critique, imperialism ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Charles Tatum, a down-on-his-luck reporter, takes a job with a small New Mexico newspaper. The job is pretty boring until he finds a man trapped in an old Indian dwelling. He jumps at the chance to make a name for himself by taking over and prolonging the rescue effort, and feeding stories to major newspapers. He creates a national media sensation and milks it for all it is worth - until things go terribly wrong.
Plot Keywords: film noir, journalism, moral decay, media manipulation, dark side of humanity, ambition, corruption ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: The story of how an eccentric French shop-keeper and amateur film-maker attempted to locate and befriend Banksy, only to have the artist turn the camera back on its owner. The film contains footage of Banksy, Shephard Fairey, Invader and many of the world's most infamous graffiti artists at work.—Sundance Film Festival
Plot Keywords: documentary, art world, satire, prank, art market, cultural phenomenon, social commentary ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: "Punishment Park" is a pseudo-documentary purporting to be a film crews's news coverage of the team of soldiers escorting a group of hippies, draft dodgers, and anti-establishment types across the desert in a type of capture the flag game. The soldiers vow not to interfere with the rebels' progress and merely shepherd them along to their destination. At that point, having obtained their goal, they will be released. The film crew's coverage is meant to insure that the military's intentions are honorable. As the representatives of the 60's counter-culture get nearer to passing this arbitrary test, the soldiers become increasingly hostile, attempting to force the hippies out of their pacifist behavior. A lot of this film appears improvised and in several scenes real tempers seem to flare as some of the "acting" got overaggressive. This is a interesting exercise in situational ethics. The cinéma vérité style, hand-held camera, and ambiguous demands of the director - would the actors be able to maintain their roles given the hazing they were taking - pushed some to the brink. The cast's emotions are clearly on the surface. Unfortunately this film has gone completely underground and is next to impossible to find. It would offer a captivating document of the distrust that existed between soldiers willfully serving in the military and those persons who opposed the war peacefully.—Dick Rockwell <dr1orok@atlas.moa.net>
Plot Keywords: political thriller, mockumentary, dystopian, social critique, american politics, activism, survival game ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: A chronicle which provides a rare window into the international perception of the Iraq War, courtesy of Al Jazeera, the Arab world's most popular news outlet. Roundly criticized by Cabinet members and Pentagon officials for reporting with a pro-Iraqi bias, and strongly condemned for frequently airing civilian causalities as well as footage of American POWs, the station has revealed (and continues to show the world) everything about the Iraq War that the Bush administration did not want it to see.—Sujit R. Varma
Plot Keywords: documentary, journalism, war, media, iraq war, propaganda, truth ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Following up on 'Bowling for Columbine', film-maker Michael Moore provides deep and though-provoking insights on the American security system, the level of paranoia, fear, uncertainty, false values and patriotism, which all combined together to set a stage for George W. Bush to launch a war on Iraq instead of focusing on getting the real culprit(s) behind the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. This documentary also focuses on how some Saudis were safely and secretly flown out of America while planes were ostensibly grounded after the attacks. Archived film footage, candid interviews with politicians, and an overall waste of public funds for a war that was initiated on false pretension to wit: a weapon of mass distraction - to take the focus away from the real enemy and get Americans glued to their TV sets to watch innocent Iraqis and Afghans getting killed. And a war that would eventually alienate the U.S.A. and it's citizens from almost every country on Earth.—rAjOo (gunwanti@hotmail.com)
Plot Keywords: political documentary, anti-war, 9/11 attacks, iraq war, conspiracy theory, war propaganda, social justice ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: A camera crew follows a serial killer/thief around as he exercises his craft. He expounds on art, music, nature, society, and life as he offs mailmen, pensioners, and random people. Slowly he begins involving the camera crew in his activities, and they begin wondering if what they're doing is such a good idea, particularly when the killer kills a rival and the rival's brother sends a threatening letter.
Plot Keywords: black comedy, mockumentary, crime, violence, satire, independent film, belgian film ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Twelve months after winning the 74th Hunger Games, Katniss Everdeen and her partner Peeta Mellark must go on what is known as the Victor's Tour, wherein they visit all the districts, but before leaving, Katniss is visited by President Snow who fears that Katniss defied him a year ago during the games when she chose to die with Peeta. With both Katniss and Peeta declared the winners, it is fueling a possible uprising. He tells Katniss that while on tour she better try to make sure that she puts out the flames or else everyone she cares about will be in danger.
Plot Keywords: dystopian, sci-fi, action, adventure, survival game, revolution, political conspiracy ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: John Cassellis is the toughest TV-news reporter around. His area of interest is reporting about violence in the ghetto and racial tensions. But he discovers that his network helps the FBI by letting it look at his tapes to find suspects. When he protests, he is fired and goes to the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Illinois.—Mattias Thuresson
Plot Keywords: political thriller, journalism, 1960s, chicago, social unrest, documentary style, real events ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Borat Sagdiyev is a TV reporter of a popular show in Kazakhstan as Kazakhstan's sixth most famous man and a leading journalist. He is sent from his home to America by his government to make a documentary about American society and culture. Borat takes a course in New York City to understand American humor. While watching Baywatch on TV, Borat discovers how beautiful their women are in the form of C. J. Parker, who was played by actress Pamela Anderson who hails from Malibu, California. He decides to go on a cross-country road trip to California in a quest to make her his wife and take her back to his country. On his journey Borat and his producer encounter a country full of strange and wonderful Americans, real people in real chaotic situations with hysterical consequences.
Plot Keywords: comedy, satire, mockumentary, cultural clash, politically incorrect, social commentary, travel ...
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