Orwell Rolls in His Grave
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Initial DVD release June 7, 2005 Duration Language English | 8/10 IMDb Genre Documentary Country United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date October 23, 2003 (2003-10-23) (East Hampton Film Festival)July 23, 2004 (2004-07-23) (New York City)April 13, 2005 (2005-04-13) (BAFICI, Argentina) Writer Tom Blackburn, Robert Kane Pappas Cast (Himself, Founder of the Center for Public Integrity), (Himself, Professor at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign), (Himself, Professor at New York University), (Himself, Congressman for Vermont), (Himself), (Himself) Similar movies Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media (1992) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Orwell Rolls in His Grave is a 2003 American documentary film directed by Robert Kane Pappas and written by Pappas and Tom Blackburn.
Contents
Has America entered an Orwellian world of doublespeak where outright lies can pass for truth? The country's leading intellectuals discuss and examine the mix of businesses, politics and ideology that is the mainstream media.
Documentary topic
The film covered topics including the Telecommunications Act of 1996, concentration of media ownership, political corruption, Federal Communications Commission (FCC), the controversy over the US presidential election of 2000 (particularly in Florida with Bush v. Gore), and the Carter vs. Reagan 1980 "October Surprise" conspiracy theory.
Participants
Similar Movies
Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media (1992). Outfoxed (2004). Project Censored the Movie (2013). Al Franken: God Spoke (2006). Greg Palast appears in Orwell Rolls in His Grave and directed Bush Family Fortunes: The Best Democracy Money Can Buy.
Screenings
The film has aired in October 2004, on Free Speech TV, a non-profit TV station based in Denver, Colorado and Link TV.
References
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