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THE PROPAGANDA MODEL OF NEWS
1997, (60 min)
An excellent discussion about how the news is sculpted to present a certain viewpoint of events around the world. Featuring Noam Chomsky, Edward Herman and Justin Lewis.

SOLDIER'S PAY
11-12-2004
A 35-minute documentary centering on the attempted heist of 300 million dollars featuring interviews with Iraqi refugees, human rights officials and veterans of the current war on Iraq.

"SPIN"
Brian Springer, Video, 1995, (60 min.)
Using the 1992 presidential election as his springboard, documentary filmmaker Brian Springer captures the behind-the-scenes maneuverings of politicians and newscasters in the early 1990s. Pat Robertson banters about "homos," Al Gore learns how to avoid abortion questions, George Bush talks to Larry King about halcyon -- all presuming they're off camera. Composed of 100% unauthorized satellite footage, Spin is a surreal expose of media-constructed reality.

CONTRA COCAINE
1997 (10 minutes)
Watch NBC news report about drugs and the CIA - features Ricky Ross, Cele Castillo, John Kerry, and Gary Webb. From AmericanDrugWar.com

VIDEO THE VOTE
11-02-2004 (3:30 minutes)
Dave Pentecost is one of a number of volunteer filmmakers who worked with Michael Moore to document election day conditions at polling sites throughout Ohio. This film shows what racism and voter intimidation looks like.

OUTFOXED: RUPERT MURDOCH'S WAR ON JOURNALISM
September 22, 2004, (21:29 min)
In the US, the presidential election campaign is now entering the home straight. And there’s one man who may well determine the result - Rupert Murdoch, who owns what has become one of the most influential news outlets in the country. Fox News is now the highest rating cable news network in the States. But it’s winning enemies as well, with critics claiming it’s taking journalism to new lows with its outrageous bias in favour of the Republican Party.

VOTERGATE
2004, (30 minutes)
Votergate is the investigative documentary film uncovering the truth about new computer voting systems, which allow a few powerful corporations to record our votes in secret.

THE POWER OF NIGHTMARES:
BABY IT'S COLD OUTSIDE
BBC, 2004

Should we be worried about the threat from organised terrorism or is it simply a phantom menace being used to stop society from falling apart?
In the past our politicians offered us dreams of a better world. Now they promise to protect us from nightmares. The most frightening of these is the threat of an international terror network. But just as the dreams were not true, neither are these nightmares.

BILL MOYER'S "THE SECRET GOVERNMENT"
It aired on PBS in 1987 and is as good as anything on the tape. Bill Moyers is one of the most recognizable and celebrated journalists whose approach to investigative journalism is highly respected. Known for his award winning PBS documentaries, in this segment he interviews several different people involved with the CIA and other government agencies who speak about various U.S. foreign policy covert and overt operations that took place during the Cold War era. His documentary gives quite an overview of what has actually happened in the last 50 years regarding the founding of the National Security Agency and the CIA. (22:04)

THE O'SEXXXY FACTOR
2004 (5 min)
Jim Gilliam put together this 5 minute video gem. Besides showing Bill O'Reilly's hypocrisy, it covers the past few years of O'reilly's discussions about sex on his show, painting a picture, giving insight into his obsession with certain sexual acts and how he thinks of women.


THE UNAUTHORIZED BIOGRAPHY OF DICK CHENEY
2004 (40 min)
Cheney's remarkable life story involves the relentless accumulation of power in every form and regardless of the outcome of this fall's election, he will continue to be one of the most powerful and well-connected men in the world. This documentary will show how he accomplished this, what it involved in terms of costs for others and what history's judgement could be.

THE PANAMA DECEPTION
Won the Academy Award for Best Documentary. Directed by Barbara Trent of the Empowerment Project, website. This film documents the untold story of the December 1989 U.S. invasion of Panama. The United States military deliberately attacked and destroyed primarily residential neighborhoods, killing an estimated 3 to 4 thousand people in the process. This segment exposes the role the U.S. government and mainstream media play in suppressing information about U.S. foreign policy. Includes never before seen footage of this invasion. Narrated by (Actress) Elizabeth Montgomery

BRAINWASHING 101
Video, 2004, (46:15 min)
Brainwashing 101 is a provocative short film showing how universities use tools such as "speech codes" to force political views upon students.

HIJACKING CATASTROPHE
Video, 2004
Examines how a radical fringe of the Republican Party used the trauma of the 9/11 terror attacks to advance a pre-existing agenda to radically transform American foreign policy while rolling back civil liberties and social programs at home.

TRADING FREEDOM: THE SECRET LIFE OF THE FTAA
Indymedia, October 2002 (56 min)
Offers an explanation of what the FTAA is, what it will mean, and how people across the Americas are resisting it.

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THE PAUL MORAN STORY
July 23, 2003, (20:17 min)
Paul Moran died after a suicide bombing in Iraq. He was a reporter for ABC, and one of the strongest voices along with Judith Miller of the New York Times, to claim Iraq had weapons of mass destruction. At his funeral it raised eyebrows when CIA, FBI, and other secret agents popped up to pay their respects. In this report, an investigation in how the secret service operates within the mainstream media.

BREAKING THE SILENCE
Breaking the Silence is set in Iraq, Afghanistan and Washington and traces the mendacious history of events leading to the 'war on terror' and last year's invasion of Iraq.