Description |
1 videodisc (124 min.) : sd., color with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in. |
Series |
Ironweed film club ; no. 28 |
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Ironweed film club ; no. 28.
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System Details |
DVD, region 1, NTSC, 4:3 aspect ratio, stereo sound. |
Credits |
Directors, Loretta Alper and Jeremy Earp (War made easy), John Odam (The bases are loaded), Andrew S. Allen (Flight). |
Cast |
War made easy: featuring Norman Solomon, narrated by Sean Penn. |
Note |
Title from container. |
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Documentaries. |
Summary |
Three films examine modern American war, especially the Iraq War, and the propaganda, political agendas, and deceptions that may underly it. War made easy, based on the bestselling book by Norman Solomon, examines the strategies used by administrations, both Democratic and Republican, to promote their agendas for war from Vietnam to Iraq, and how propaganda and the media are used to persuade the nation that military aggression has been the appropriate response in each situation. The bases are loaded reveals evidence that hundreds of military bases in Iraq are being consolidated into a handful of seemingly permanent, lavishly appointed "mega bases," despite the official policy that promises an eventual departure of U.S. military from that country. Flight, an animated short, condenses the history of aviation from mankind's innocent dream of flying through the nightmare of flight's use as an instrument of war and destruction. |
Contents |
War made easy (2007 : 74 min) -- The bases are loaded (2007 : 45 min) -- Flight (2006 : 2 min.) |
Note |
"March 2008." |
Subject |
Politics and war -- United States.
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Iraq War, 2003-2011
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Vietnam War, 1961-1975.
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Military bases, American -- Iraq.
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Aeronautics -- History.
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Genre/Form |
Documentary films.
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Short films.
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Added Author |
Alper, Loretta.
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Earp, Jeremy.
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Solomon, Norman.
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Penn, Sean, 1960-
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Odam, John.
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Allen, Andrew S.
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Ironweed Film Club.
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Institute for Public Accuracy.
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Media Education Foundation.
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Alternate Focus (Firm)
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Polymix Media (Firm)
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Added Title |
War made easy : how presidents and pundits keep spinning us to death |
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War made easy |
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Bases are loaded.
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Flight.
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Standard No. |
782410092898 |
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