Big Brother: A World Under Surveillance

Mar 11, 2020

1h 30m

★ 7.9

More security. Less freedom.

Overview

Under the pretext of fighting terrorism or crime, the major powers have embarked on a dangerous race for surveillance technologies. Facial recognition cameras, emotion detectors, citizen rating systems, autonomous drones… A security obsession that in some countries is giving rise to a new form of political regime: numerical totalitarianism. Orwell's nightmare.

Genres

Documentary

Production Companies

ARTE

CAPA

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Cast

Self - Interviewer / Narrator (voice)

Sylvain Louvet

Self - Nice Police Chief

Sandra Bertin

Self - Anyvision CEO

Eylon Etshtein

Self - Cybersecurity Center Director

Isaac ben Israël

Self - Journalist

Hagar Shezaf

Self - CNRS Research Director

Laurent Mucchielli

Self - Nice Mayor

Christian Estrosi

Self - Lawyer

Martin Drago

Self - Lawyer

Neema Giuliani

Self - Lawyer

Clare Garvie

Self - Former Clarifai Employee

Liz O'Sullivan

Self - Researcher

Chris Jones

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