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Manufacturing Ignorance
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Manufacturing Ignorance

Nov 23, 2020
1h 37m
★ 7.7

Overview

Tobacco, climate change, pesticides,... Never has scientific knowledge seemed so vast, detailed and shared. And yet it appears to be increasingly challenged. It is no longer surprising to see private corporations put strategies in place to confuse the public debate and paralyze political decision-making. Overwhelmed by excess of information, how can we, as citizens, sort out fact from fiction? One by one, this film dismantles the workings of this clever manoeuvre that aims to turn science against itself. Thanks to declassified archives, graphic animations and testimonies from experts, lobbyists and politicians, this investigation plunges us into the science of doubt. Along with a team of experts (philosophers, economists, cognitive scientists, political men, or even agnotologists), we explore concrete examples of doubt making and try to understand the whole process and the issues behind it.

Genres

Documentary
TV Movie

Production Companies

ZED
ARTE
France Télévisions
RTS
AMC Networks International Iberia
RTBF
Télé-Québec

Cast

Pascal Vasselin

Narrator (voice)

Pascal Vasselin

Fani Hatjina

Herself

Fani Hatjina

Matthias Groß

Himself

Matthias Groß

Linsey McGoey

Herself

Linsey McGoey

Naomi Oreskes

Herself

Naomi Oreskes

Stéphane Foucart

Himself

Stéphane Foucart

Catherine Collinet

Herself (archive footage)

Catherine Collinet

Stanton A. Glantz

Himself

Stanton A. Glantz

Yves Gingras

Himself

Yves Gingras

Stephan Lewandowsky

Himself

Stephan Lewandowsky

Marcel Goldberg

Himself

Marcel Goldberg

Carlos Sonnenschein

Himself

Carlos Sonnenschein

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