Manufacturing Ignorance

Manufacturing Ignorance

2020
1h 37m
7.7

7.7/10

14 votes • View on IMDb
Documentary TV Movie
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.

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Language: FR

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Production Information

Production Companies
ZED ARTE France Télévisions RTS AMC Networks International Iberia RTBF Télé-Québec
Production Countries
Belgium France Switzerland
Spoken Languages
English French German Greek

Keywords

climate change investigation addiction public television cancer pesticide social documentary social network public media fake newsflash public education roundup tobacco industry nicotine misconception big tobacco herbicide fake news political documentary public safety public radio observational documentary public broadcasting agnotology bisphenol miscommunication

Quick Facts

Original Title La Fabrique de l'ignorance
Release Date November 23, 2020
Status Released
Language FR
IMDb ID tt14113576
Website Visit Site

Cast

Pascal Vasselin
Pascal Vasselin

Narrator (voice)

Fani Hatjina
Fani Hatjina

Herself

Matthias Groß
Matthias Groß

Himself

Linsey McGoey
Linsey McGoey

Herself

Naomi Oreskes
Naomi Oreskes

Herself

Stéphane Foucart
Stéphane Foucart

Himself

Catherine Collinet
Catherine Collinet

Herself (archive footage)

Stanton A. Glantz
Stanton A. Glantz

Himself

Yves Gingras
Yves Gingras

Himself

Stephan Lewandowsky
Stephan Lewandowsky

Himself

Marcel Goldberg
Marcel Goldberg

Himself

Carlos Sonnenschein
Carlos Sonnenschein

Himself

Key Crew

Franck Cuveillier
Director
Pascal Vasselin
Director
Pascal Vasselin
Writer
Gaëlle Guyader
Producer
Franck Cuveillier
Writer