The Trap (2007)

Original title

The Trap: What Happened to Our Dream of Freedom

Directed by

Adam Curtis

Genre

documentary film

Country

United Kingdom

Length

1 season, 3 episodes

Rating

8.0 of 10 from 37 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary series examines how a narrow view of human nature as self-interested and mechanical shaped modern ideas of freedom. It traces the political and social consequences of this thinking over several decades.

analyticalthought-provokingcriticaldisquietinginformativecerebralsoberingprobing

What happens

The Trap: What Happened to Our Dream of Freedom is a BBC television documentary series by British English filmmaker Adam Curtis. It was originally broadcast in the United Kingdom on BBC Two in March 2007. The series consists of three 60-minute episodes which explore the modern concept and definition of freedom, specifically, "how a simplistic model of human beings as self-seeking, almost robotic, creatures led to today's idea of freedom." (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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