Truth and Power

Country

United States

How it feels

This series focuses on ordinary people who fight to reveal how corporations exploit people and how the government overreaches on civil liberties. It uses interviews and documents to explore issues like security, surveillance, and profiteering in the digital age.

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What happens

Truth and Power is an "investigative docuseries", narrated by Maggie Gyllenhaal and executive produced by Brian Knappenberger (The Internet's Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz). It premiered on Pivot on January 22, 2016. Each episode tells the stories of "ordinary people going to extraordinary lengths to reveal corporate exploitation and infringement on civil liberties resulting from government overreach." The documentaries use interviews and uncovered documents to discuss the "issues of security, surveillance and profiteering in the digital age." (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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