Propaganda: Engineering Consent

May 29, 2018

0h 54m

★ 7.2

Overview

How can the masses be controlled? Apparently, the American publicist Edward L. Bernays (1891-1995), a pioneer in the field of propaganda and public relations, knew the answer to such a key question. The amazing story of the master of manipulation and the creation of the engineering of consent; a frightening true story about advertising, lies and charlatans.

Genres

Documentary

History

TV Movie

Production Companies

ARTE

INA

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Cast

Self - Narrator (voice)

Sébastien Desjours

Self - E. Bernays' Daughter

Anne Bernays

Self - Linguist

Noam Chomsky

Self - Historian

Stuart Ewen

Self - Journalist

Chris Hedges

Self - Sociologist

David Miller

Self - Visual Artist

Shelley Spector

Self - Writer

Larry Tye

Self - Publicist (archive footage)

Edward L. Bernays

Self - Politician (archive footage)

Carlos Castillo Armas

Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)

Charlie Chaplin

Self - Actor (archive footage)

Douglas Fairbanks

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