The Shock Doctrine
2009 · Movie · Not Rated · 82 min · ★ 7.1 · 63% critics
An investigation of "disaster capitalism", based on Naomi Klein's proposition that neo-liberal capitalism feeds on natural disasters, war and terror to establish its dominance.
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Details
- Years
- 2009
- Release date
- 2009-09-01
- Language
- English
- Rated
- Not Rated
- Runtime
- 82 min
- Critic score
- 63/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.1/10 (60 votes)
Themes
- capitalism
- disaster
- economics
- neoliberalism
Cast & crew
Kieran O'Brien
as Narrator (Voice)
- NK
Naomi Klein
as Self
Milton Friedman
as Self
John Major
as Self (archive footage)
Bill Clinton
as Self (archive footage)
Henry Kissinger
as Self (archive footage)
Saddam Hussein
as Self (archive footage)
Condoleezza Rice
as Self (archive footage)
Barack Obama
as Self (archive footage)
Alan Greenspan
as Self (archive footage)
Directed by Michael Winterbottom, Mat Whitecross