Released
The Shock Doctrine
September 30 2007 (about 17 years ago)Rating
74
Based on
18 reviews
- Director: Jonás Cuarón
- Writers: Alfonso Cuarón, Naomi Klein
- Genres: Documentary, Animation
- Runtime: 6 m
- Countries: United States of America, United Kingdom, Canada
- Companies: Esperanto Filmoj, Klein Lewis Productions, Penguin Books, Renegade Films
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.
