War Made Easy: How Presidents & Pundits Keep Spinning Us to Death (2007)

Original title

War Made Easy

Directed by

Jeremy Earp, Loretta Alper

Genre

documentary film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 12m

Rating

7.2 of 10 from 24 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary looks at how US leaders and media have used propaganda to build public support for war. It examines multiple conflicts from Vietnam to Iraq through archival footage and interviews.

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What happens

War Made Easy: How Presidents & Pundits Keep Spinning Us to Death is a 2007 American anti-war documentary film written and directed by Loretta Alper and Jeremy Earp, based on the book of the same name by Norman Solomon. The film is produced by Alper and narrated by Sean Penn. It premiered in New York City on May 14, 2007, before a limited release on August 24, 2007. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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