Manufacturing consent : Noam Chomsky and the media / a film by Mark Achbar and Peter Wintonick.

By: Publication details: BFI, 2009.Description: 2 videodiscs (167 + 215 minutes) : sound., color with black & white sequences ; 4 3/4 inches + 1 booklet (8 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm.)ISBN:
  • 5035673006580
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Contents:
Disc 1. Feature film (167 min.) -- Disc 2. Extras (215 min.): interview with directors (2007); interview with Chomsky (2007); Chomsky v Buckley (1969); Chomsky v Silber (1986); Chomsky v Dershowitz (2005); Necessary Illusions demo tape (1989).
Summary: In an energetic fusion of images and ideas, Manufacturing Consent explores the political life and ideas of the controversial author, linguistic scholar, radical philosopher and activist, Noam Chomsky. Using new and original interviews, archive footage, playful graphics and outrageous illustrations Manufacturing Consent provocatively and entertainingly highlights Chomsky's analysis of the media, focusing on democratic societies where populations are not disciplined by force but are subjected to more subtle forms of ideological control.
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DVD DVD CGLAS Library DVDs - Ask at Library Desk Red 140 CHO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Disc 1 Available 00500
DVD DVD CGLAS Library DVDs - Ask at Library Desk Red 140 CHO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Disc 2 Available 13161

Disc 1. Feature film (167 min.) -- Disc 2. Extras (215 min.): interview with directors (2007); interview with Chomsky (2007); Chomsky v Buckley (1969); Chomsky v Silber (1986); Chomsky v Dershowitz (2005); Necessary Illusions demo tape (1989).

In an energetic fusion of images and ideas, Manufacturing Consent explores the political life and ideas of the controversial author, linguistic scholar, radical philosopher and activist, Noam Chomsky. Using new and original interviews, archive footage, playful graphics and outrageous illustrations Manufacturing Consent provocatively and entertainingly highlights Chomsky's analysis of the media, focusing on democratic societies where populations are not disciplined by force but are subjected to more subtle forms of ideological control.