Cinema Politica screening | War Made Easy: How Presidents & Pundits Keep Spinning Us to Death
Join us for a free Cinema Politica Groningen documentary screening: An archival exploration of the American war machine and its mass media propaganda.
About the Documentary
The film attempts to expose how the American government over 50 years has tried to strum up war effort using the media as a tool. WAR MADE EASY gives special attention to parallels between the Vietnam war and the war in Iraq.
After the film we explore with experts on the stage, just how much has changed since this documentary came out in 2007. Or did it? After the screening we will talk about this with Faculty of Arts experts: Mark Thompson, Olga Pasitselska and Scott Eldridge II.
All of our documentaries are in English or include English subtitles. Our screenings are free and open to all. No registration required.
About Cinema Politica:
Cinema Politica is a non-profit media arts organization dedicated to supporting the work of independent, political filmmakers. CP is headquartered in Canada with local chapters that organise screenings all around the world. The Faculty of Arts is proud to host the Cinema Politica Groningen chapter.
Cinema Politica offers films on a wide variety of themes: Human rights, politics, globalisation, art, activism, refugee/migrants, war/conflict, social movements and many more.
Here at the Faculty of Arts, we will choose titles that have a relation to the research being done at our faculty in particular. All of the documentaries are in English or include English subtitles. Our screenings are free and open to all. After each film, we host a lively discussion with experts from the Faculty of Arts and beyond, followed by Q&A for audience questions.
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Interested in teaming up with one of our next political documentary screenings? We love to collaborate with experts and community members from the area. Send an email to: cinemapolitica@rug.nl
