Underplayed Gems

The War You Don't See (2010)

The War You Don't See poster
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
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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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