WMD : weapons of mass deception / a Danny Schechter dissection ; Cinema Libre Distribution presents ; a Globalvision production ; directed and produced by Danny Schechter ; producer, Anna B. Pizarro.

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"There were two wars going on in Iraq, one was fought with armies of soldiers, bombs and a fearsome military force. The other was fought alongside it with cameras, satellites, armies of journalists and propaganda techniques. One war was rationalized as an effort to find and remove WMDs, Weapons of M...

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Uniform Title:Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Rovi K-12 education materials.
Corporate Authors: Polarity/1 (Musical group)
Vortex (Musical group)
Doors (Musical group)
Globalvision, Inc
Doc Workers (Firm)
Cinema Libre Studio
Other Authors: Schechter, Danny (Director, Producer)
Pizarro, Anna B. (Producer)
Robbins, Tim, 1958- (Narrator)
Bach, Nenad
Language:English
Published: [Canoga Park, Calif.] : [Los Angeles, Calif.] : Doc Workers ; Cinema Libre Distribution, [2005]
Series:Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Rovi K-12 education materials.
Subjects:
Iraq War, 2003-2011 > Mass media and the war.
Mass media > Political aspects.
Mass media > Influence.
Mass media and war.
Documentary films.
2003 - 2011
Iraq.
Genre:
Documentary films.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (98 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Variant Title:
Weapons of mass deception.
Format: Video DVD
Description
Summary:
"There were two wars going on in Iraq, one was fought with armies of soldiers, bombs and a fearsome military force. The other was fought alongside it with cameras, satellites, armies of journalists and propaganda techniques. One war was rationalized as an effort to find and remove WMDs, Weapons of Mass Destruction; the other was carried out by even more powerful WMDs, Weapons of Mass Deception."--Container.
Note:Based on the book, Embedded-- weapons of mass deception : how the media failed to cover the war in Iraq by Danny Schechter.
"A personal film, a media challenge"--Title screen.
Originally produced as a documentary film in 2004.
Special features: Trailer (narrated by Tim Robbins); Interview with Danny Schechter; "News Dissector" news retrospective, 1968-2004; Paster art ; "Get Involved" resources: Websites and books to make a difference.
Videorecording.
Call Number:CL1 D0047496 VideoDVD
Audience:
MPAA rating: Not rated.
ISBN:1595870229
9781595870223
Credits:Editors, Kozo Okumura, David Chai ; camera, David Chai ... [et al.] ; music by The Doors, Polarity 1, Nenad Bach and Vortex.
System Details:DVD, NTSC, all regions.
Cast:
Music by The Doors, Polarity 1, Nenad Bach and Vortex.