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Manufacturing Ignorance (2020)

ALL 11/23/2020 (fr) Documentary, TV Movie 97 Min
  • Release
    11/23/2020
  • Production
    ZED, ARTE, France Télévisions, RTS, AMC Networks International Iberia, RTBF, Télé-Québec
  • Rotten tomato
    76%
  • Original title
    La Fabrique de l'ignorance
  • Original language
    fr
  • Production Cost
  • 0.00
    -

Overview

Tobacco, climate change, pesticides,... Never has scientific knowledge seemed so vast, detailed and shared. And yet it appears to be increasingly challenged. It is no longer surprising to see private corporations put strategies in place to confuse the public debate and paralyze political decision-making. Overwhelmed by excess of information, how can we, as citizens, sort out fact from fiction? One by one, this film dismantles the workings of this clever manoeuvre that aims to turn science against itself. Thanks to declassified archives, graphic animations and testimonies from experts, lobbyists and politicians, this investigation plunges us into the science of doubt. Along with a team of experts (philosophers, economists, cognitive scientists, political men, or even agnotologists), we explore concrete examples of doubt making and try to understand the whole process and the issues behind it.

  2. Story

  4. Gaëlle Guyader

    Producer



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Casts

  1. Pascal Vasselin

    Narrator (voice)

  2. Fani Hatjina

    Herself

  3. Matthias Groß

    Himself

  4. Linsey McGoey

    Herself

  5. Naomi Oreskes

    Herself

  6. Stéphane Foucart

    Himself

  7. Catherine Collinet

    Herself (archive footage)

  8. Stanton A. Glantz

    Himself

  9. Yves Gingras

    Himself

  10. Stephan Lewandowsky

    Himself

  11. Marcel Goldberg

    Himself

  12. Carlos Sonnenschein

    Himself

  13. Ana Soto

    Herself

  14. Frederick vom Saal

    Himself

  15. Erwin Neher

    Himself

  16. Steven Milloy

    Himself (archive footage)

  17. David Chavalarias

    Himself

  18. James M. Taylor

    Himself

  19. Jim Lakely

    Himself

  20. Frederick Singer

    Himself (archive footage)

  21. Morton Downey, Jr.

    Himself (archive footage)

Full Cast & Crew

Casts : 21 , Crews : 28

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Manufacturing Ignorance (2020) 97 Min

ALL 11/23/2020 (fr)
Documentary, TV Movie
  • Release 11/23/2020
  • Production
    ZED, ARTE, France Télévisions, RTS, AMC Networks International Iberia, RTBF, Télé-Québec
  • Original title La Fabrique de l'ignorance
  • fr
  • Revenue0.00

Overview

Tobacco, climate change, pesticides,... Never has scientific knowledge seemed so vast, detailed and shared. And yet it appears to be increasingly challenged. It is no longer surprising to see private corporations put strategies in place to confuse the public debate and paralyze political decision-making. Overwhelmed by excess of information, how can we, as citizens, sort out fact from fiction? One by one, this film dismantles the workings of this clever manoeuvre that aims to turn science against itself. Thanks to declassified archives, graphic animations and testimonies from experts, lobbyists and politicians, this investigation plunges us into the science of doubt. Along with a team of experts (philosophers, economists, cognitive scientists, political men, or even agnotologists), we explore concrete examples of doubt making and try to understand the whole process and the issues behind it.

  1. Franck Cuveillier, Pascal Vasselin

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Guillaume Quignard

    Editor

  4. Gaëlle Guyader

    Producer



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