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Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (100 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Examines one of the greatest present threats to American democracy: the influence of untraceable corporate money on our elections and elected officials. The film takes viewers to Montana, a frontline in the fight to preserve fair elections nationwide, to follow a local journalist working to expose the real-life impacts of the US Supreme Court's Citizens United decision.
Publisher
CBS Studios
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
3 DVDs (6 hrs., 3 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Nothing is what it seems when John Weir, a master of deception in the world of corporate espionage, is framed for murder by powerful forces with the ability to influence and control populations. The series stars Emmy Award Winner, Kiefer Sutherland as private espionage operative John Weir, who finds himself in the midst of a battle over the preservation of democracy in a world at odds with misinformation, behavioral manipulation, the surveillance...
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
DVD (100 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Nowhere is the worldwide erosion of democracy, fueled by social media disinformation campaigns, more starkly evident than in the authoritarian regime of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte. Journalist Maria Ressa places the tools of the free press, and her freedom, on the line in defense of truth and democracy.
Series
Iron weed film club volume no. 77
Publisher
Iron Weed Film Club
Pub. Date
2012
Physical Desc
1 DVD (76 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The Billionaires' Tea Party: from the tea parties to health care and climate change, America's conservative citizens revolted against President Obama's reform agenda. But just how real were the roots of this supposedly grassroots uprising? Was it, in fact, an example of 'astroturfing', which is the practice of manufacturing citizens groups for the purpose of delivering corporate messages? Curious to find out, Australian filmmaker Taki Oldham went...
Publisher
Connecting the Dots Productions
Pub. Date
c2012
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (76, 22 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A groundbreaking documentary about the roots of the American economic crisis, and the continuing assault on working and middle class people in the United States. Heist unflinchingly reveals the crumbling structure of the U.S. economy, the result of four decades of deregulation, massive job outsourcing, and tax policies favoring mega-corporations and wealthy elites, implemented by both the Republican and Democratic parties. Heist offers a robust take...
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