Manufacturing Ignorance (2020)
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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Additional Info
| Budget | $0.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $0.00 |
| Original Language | fr |
| Popularity | 0.3735 |
Directed By
Franck Cuveillier
Pascal Vasselin
Crew
Pascal Vasselin
Franck Cuveillier
Pascal Vasselin
Cécile Stephan
Filippos Vardakas
Julien Jaouen
Louka Vasselin-Novaes
Georges Lafitte
Andréa Beoletto
Simon Gadrey
Stéphane Foucart
Mathias Girel
Laurie Chevrot
Anne-France Pelerin
Gwendal Ropars
Pascal Vasselin
Franck Cuveillier
Sven Jensen-Brakelman
Vanessa Colombel
Guillaume Quignard
Anastasios Gikas
Marion Papillon
Amandine Louis
Franck Cuveillier
Jean-Christophe Ribot
Fabien Farrachi
Gaëlle Guyader
Mathieu Charrière
TOP CAST
Pascal Vasselin
Narrator (voice)
Fani Hatjina
Herself
Matthias Groß
Himself
Linsey McGoey
Herself
Naomi Oreskes
Herself
Stéphane Foucart
Himself
Catherine Collinet
Herself (archive footage)
Stanton A. Glantz
Himself
Yves Gingras
Himself
Stephan Lewandowsky
Himself
Marcel Goldberg
Himself
Carlos Sonnenschein
Himself
Ana Soto
Herself
Frederick vom Saal
Himself
Erwin Neher
Himself
Steven Milloy
Himself (archive footage)
David Chavalarias
Himself
James M. Taylor
Himself
Jim Lakely
Himself
Frederick Singer
Himself (archive footage)
Morton Downey, Jr.
Himself (archive footage)
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