The Shock Doctrine

• 7.4 Documentary
• 2007-09-30
• 6 minutes mins

Drawing surprising connections between market methods and CIA torture techniques developed in the 1950s, the film explores how well-known events of the recent past have been theaters for the shock doctrine, from Pinochet's coup in Chile, to the Tiananmen Square Massacre, to the war in Iraq today.

Starring:

Naomi Klein (Herself - Narrator)

Director:

Jonás Cuarón

Writer:

Alfonso Cuarón Naomi Klein