The War You Don't See (2010)

Directed by

John Pilger

Genre

documentary film

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

1h 37m

Rated

18

Rating

7.8 of 10 from 36 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary looks at how news media covered the wars in Iraq, Afghanistan and the Israel/Palestine conflict. Filmmaker John Pilger argues that journalists often failed to challenge official narratives about these wars.

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What happens

The War You Don't See is a 2010 British documentary film written, produced and directed by John Pilger with Alan Lowery, which challenges the media for the role they played in the Iraq, Afghanistan, and Israel/Palestine conflicts. The film, which went on nationwide general release on 13 December 2010 (2010-12-13), had its premiere at the Barbican and was aired through Britain's ITV1 on 14 December 2010 (2010-12-14) and later through Australia's SBS One on 10 April 2011 (2011-04-10). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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