Propaganda: Engineering Consent (2018)

05/29/2018 (FR) • 54m

Documentary, History, TV Movie

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.

Top Billed Cast

Sébastien Desjours

Self - Narrator (voice)

Anne Bernays

Self - E. Bernays' Daughter

Noam Chomsky

Self - Linguist

Stuart Ewen

Self - Historian

Chris Hedges

Self - Journalist

David Miller

Self - Sociologist

Shelley Spector

Self - Visual Artist

Larry Tye

Self - Writer

Edward L. Bernays

Self - Publicist (archive footage)


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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

-

Revenue

-

Keywords

propaganda

world war i

advertising expert

biography

marketing

war propaganda

usa history

1920s

1940s

1950s

neo-colonialism

1910s

1930s

world's fair

suffragist movement

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