The Shock Doctrine
A polemical, intellectually demanding documentary that traces connections between economic shock therapy and state violence across decades of geopolitical upheaval.
Drawing surprising connections between market methods and CIA torture techniques developed in the 1950s, the film explores how well-known events of the recent past have been theaters for the shock doctrine, from Pinochet's coup in Chile, to the Tiananmen Square Massacre, to the war in Iraq today.
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