Summary:
Naomi Klein's controversial best-selling book which explores how both natural and man-made disasters are used to force disadvantageous political and economic changes on unwilling governments is brought to the screen in this documentary from filmmakers Michael Winterbottom and Mat Whitecross. Using electroshock treatment as a metaphor -- a harsh jolt to the body and brain that... Full Summary >>

Cast:
Naomi Klein - (Narrator)
Kieran O'Brien - (Narrator)
Milton Friedman
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Review:
By fashioning Naomi Klein's nonfiction book -The Shock Doctrine into a feature-length documentary, multi-faceted British director Michael Winterbottom streamlines her arguments, and offers a rather compelling explanation of how the confluence of economic theory and secret CIA studies laid the foundation for the Bush administration's Iraq... Continue >>

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