Manufacturing Ignorance
2020•1h 37m•7.7•Released
Documentary
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.
Director
Franck Cuveillier
Writer
Pascal Vasselin, Franck Cuveillier
Languages
English, French, German
Studio
ZED
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
Production
Company
ZED
Company
ARTE
Company
France Télévisions
Company
RTS
Company
AMC Networks International Iberia
Company
RTBF
Company
Télé-Québec
Producer
Gaëlle Guyader
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