When he left the White House in 1989, Ronald Reagan was one of the most popular presidents of the century. A former Hollywood star and seemingly simple man, Reagan was consistently underestimated by his opponents. One by one, he overcame them all. Incorporating interviews with key political insiders, former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, and members of the Reagan family, "Rea...
根据纳奥米·克莱恩 (Naomi Klein)的同名著作拍摄而成,深入挖掘出美英等国如何通过推行新自由主义经济政策,来利用自然灾害、战争和恐怖主义建立其资本主义的霸主地位。
纳奥米·克莱恩以美国中情局的[休克疗法]为比喻,批判弗里德曼及芝加哥学派领军的自由市场经济狂热信徒,其 手段与目的就如同上述心理实验。这些人近四十年来趁著天灾人祸的“大好机会”,在世界各地发动经济[休克疗法],不论是智利政变、金融风暴,还是9/11恐怖攻击、伊拉克战争、南亚海啸、卡特里娜飓风,皆成为他们推动「休克主义」的绝佳舞台。
自由市场鼓吹者不断散播的思想之一,是经济开放可以促成政治民主。然而克莱恩细究数十年来全球各地的状况,实情却是市场经济常不惜镇压民主,以激烈手段彻底实行自由市场及私有化政策,带来的不是”短期阵痛“后富裕的新世界,而是广大民众的悲惨处境。
按照资本主义的理想化定义,在该社会体制下生活的人民可以自由自在的选择工作,并获得相应的报酬。但现实究竟如何?2008年金融风暴席卷全球之际,美国的土地上无数人因为丧失赎回权而被银行赶出家园;有的商人则与司法系统勾结兴建感化院,通过监禁犯错的少年大殓其财;还有的企业偷偷为员工投保,并待其死后赚其巨额赔偿金;而当成千上万的工人失业之际,华尔街的银行则向**请求高达7000亿美元的救济金,这笔钱的最终走向却无人得知。纪录片导演迈克·摩尔(Michael Moore)再次拿起摄像机,试图揭穿政客和商人剥削民众、暴敛钱财的真实嘴脸……
本片荣获2009年威尼斯电影节小金狮奖。
HyperNormalisation tells the extraordinary story of how we got to this strange time of great uncertainty and confusion - where those who are supposed to be in power are paralysed - and have no idea what to do. And, where events keep happening that seem inexplicable and out of control - from Donald Trump to Brexit, the War in Syria, the endless migrant crisis, and random bomb at...
Berkeley in the Sixties is an award-winning documentary film by Mark Kitchell. The film features Mario Savio, Todd Gitlin, Joan Baez, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Huey Newton, Allen Ginsberg, Gov. Ronald Reagan and the Grateful Dead. The documentary highlights the origins of the Free Speech Movement and the development of the counterculture of the 1960s in Berkeley, Cal...