German documentary about
adorno, his ideas and life. a.o. horkheimer, the authoritarian
personality, fascism, WO II, heidegger, habermas, critical theory,
negative dialectics, student opposition, Institut für Socialforschung,
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This cautionary
documentary exposes the vulnerability of computers - which count
approximately 80% of America's votes in county, state and federal
elections - suggesting that if our votes aren't safe, then our
democracy isn't safe either. The documentary exposes the dangers of
voting machines used during America's mid term and presidential
elections. Electronic voting machines count approximately 90% of
America's votes in county, state and federal elections. The technology
is also increasingly being used across the world, including in Canada,
the United Kingdom, Europe and Latin America. Filmed over three years
this exposé follows the investigations of a team of citizen activists
and hackers as they take on the electronic voting industry, targeting
the Diebold corporation.
"Hacking Democracy" uncovers
incendiary evidence from the trash cans of Texas to the ballot boxes of
Ohio, exposing secrecy, votes in the trash, hackable software and
election officials rigging the presidential recount.
Ultimately
proving our votes can be stolen without a trace "Hacking Democracy"
culminates in the famous 'Hursti Hack'; a duel between the Diebold
voting machines and a computer hacker from Finland - with America's
democracy at stake. The two Ohio election staff who feature in
"Hacking Democracy" were sentenced on March 13th 2007 for rigging the
2004 presidential recount. Incriminating footage from the documentary
was used in their court case as evidence.
Shot in 1997 by indie filmmaker Rick Madsen, this 36 min documentary filmed during the recording of the Modest Mouse album "The Lonesome Crowded West" will never be released commercially. Artists interviewed for the film include Elliott Smith, Spencer Moody from The Murder City Devils, Doug Martsch of Built To Spill, Sam Coombs of Quasi and Calvin Johnson.
Two activists take on McDonald's in the longest trial in English history.
McLibel is the inside story of how a single father and a part-time bar worker took on the McDonald's Corporation. Filmed over three years, the documentary follows Helen Steel and Dave Morris as they are transformed from anonymous campaigners against the fast food giant into unlikely global heroes. Struggling to defend themselves in the longest trial in English history, the pair face infiltration by spies, secret meetings with corporate executives, 40,000 pages of background reading and a visit from Ronald McDonald.
Using interviews with witnesses and reconstructions of key moments in court, the film examines the main issues of the trial - nutrition, animals, advertising, employment, the environment - and the implications for freedom of speech. (2005)
Hijacking Catastrophe: 9/11, Fear & the Selling of American Empire examines how a radical fringe of the Republican Party used the trauma of the 9/11 terror attacks to advance a pre-existing agenda to radically transform American foreign policy while rolling back civil liberties and social programs at home. The documentary places the Bush Administration's false justifications for war in Iraq within the larger context of a two-decade struggle by neoconservatives to dramatically increase military spending in the wake of the Cold War, and to expand American power globally by means of military force.