Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media (1992)
- Directed by
- Peter Wintonick, Mark Achbar
- Genre
- documentary film
- Country
- Australia, Finland, Norway, Canada
- Runtime
- 2h 47m
- Rating
- 7.6 of 10 from 95 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
This documentary follows Noam Chomsky as he explains his model of how mass media in capitalist societies serves elite interests. It interweaves interviews and clips of Chomsky speaking with examples from news coverage and political history.
thought-provokinganalyticalinformativedryconversationalcriticalacademicunflinchingslow-paced
What happens
Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media is a 1992 documentary film that explores the political life and ideas of linguist, intellectual, and political activist Noam Chomsky. Filmmakers Mark Achbar and Peter Wintonick expand the analysis of capitalism and mass media presented in Manufacturing Consent, a 1988 book Chomsky wrote with Edward S. Herman. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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