Propaganda: The Art of Selling Lies

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Propaganda: The Art of Selling Lies

2019

1h 32m

Documentary

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An exploration of the means and methods of propagandist persuasion.

Carly Lewis

Globe and Mail

07/18/2019

2.5/4

The magnitude of misinformation and the atrocities enabled by horrendous people with manipulative marketing prowess are far-reaching and leviathan in their potential. We should watch a documentary like this and feel overwhelmed.

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Frank Scheck

The Hollywood Reporter

05/09/2019

By the time the film ends, your head is reeling with so much information that you feel you've been subjected to propaganda yourself.

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Richard Crouse

Richard Crouse

01/31/2021

4/5

A timely look at what activist Astra Taylor calls "political brainwashing," the film details the reasons why we are so often sucker-punched by the use and abuse of the media.

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Ken Eisner

Georgia Straight

07/26/2019

A film so timely, it could almost include the feed on your current smartphone, Propaganda: The Art of Selling Lies is a neat overview of how information is twisted, repeated, repackaged, and otherwise auctioned on the open market of un-made minds.

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Anne Brodie

What She Said

07/18/2019

It's exhausting and depressing and it's not fake, it's all too real.

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Andrew Parker

The Gate

07/17/2019

6/10

Adults who already understand how propaganda works probably won't be wowed by any of this, but as potential introduction to media studies, Weinstein's film has a great deal of educational value.

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Larry Weinstein

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David Mortin

Screenwriter

Andrew Edmonds

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Sonya Di Rienzo

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Aeschylus Poulos

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Mathias von der Heide

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Synopsis

An exploration of the means and methods of propagandist persuasion.

Director: Larry Weinstein
Producer: Sonya Di Rienzo, Aeschylus Poulos, Mathias von der Heide, Bernd Wilting
Screenwriter: David Mortin, Andrew Edmonds
Production Co: taglicht media Film- & Fernsehproduktion GmbH, Hawkeye Pictures
Genre: Documentary
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Aug 18, 2020
Runtime: 1h 32m