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The Shock Doctrine(2009)
• Documentary • 1h 22m
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Overview

An investigation of "disaster capitalism", based on Naomi Klein's proposition that neo-liberal capitalism feeds on natural disasters, war and terror to establish its dominance.

Director
Michael Winterbottom
Novel
Naomi Klein

Featured Cast (12)

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Kieran O'Brien
Narrator (Voice)
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Naomi Klein
Self
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Milton Friedman
Self
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John Major
Self (archive footage)
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Bill Clinton
Self (archive footage)
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Henry Kissinger
Self (archive footage)
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Saddam Hussein
Self (archive footage)
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Condoleezza Rice
Self (archive footage)
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Barack Obama
Self (archive footage)

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