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Power and terror : Noam Chomsky in our times / a film by John Junkerman ; a Siglo production ; producer, Yamagami Tetsujiro ; directed by John Junkerman.
LIBRA DVD 002 619
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Terrorism.
- September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001.
- War on Terrorism, 2001-2009.
- Terrorism--Government policy--United States.
- Terrorism--Government policy.
- United States.
- Genre:
- Documentary films.
- Video recordings.
- Penn Provenance:
- Wishman, Seymour (donor)
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (72 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
- polychrome
- Place of Publication:
- Brooklyn, NY : First Run Features, [2002]
- System Details:
- DVD ; NTSC.
- digital
- optical
- NTSC
- video file
- DVD video
- Summary:
- "Chomsky places the terrorist attacks of 9/11 in the context of American foreign intervention throughout the postwar decades--in Vietnam, Central America, the Middle East and elsewhere."--Container.
- Contents:
- 9-11 in historical and political context. 9-11 : government and popular responses
- 9-11 : "The War on Terror," Latin American response
- 9-11 : historical perspective
- Middle Eastern opposition to American power.
- A broader view of terror and power. Turkey's war against the Kurds
- War crimes in Germany and the Korean War
- Britain and the Middle East
- American hegemony
- The media, Palestine, capitalism.
- Chomsky on Vietnam and the Middle East. Chomsky's activism, Vietnam
- The US, Israel, and Palestine
- The "axis of evil"
- Afghanistan, intellectual hypocrisy.
- Linguistics and activism. Linguistics and politics
- Activism and political change.
- Participant:
- Featuring: Noam Chomsky.
- Credits:
- Cinematographer, Koshiro Otsu ; editors, Takeshi Hata, John Junkerman ; music, Kiyoshiro Imawano.
- Notes:
- Special features: Bonus excerpts, profiles, about the book, and trailer gallery.
- Local Notes:
- Presented to the Penn Libraries by Seymour Wishman and First Run Features.
- OCLC:
- 52416420
- Publisher Number:
- 720229910576
- FRF 910484D First Run Features
- Online:
- Seymour Wishman First Run Features Collection Home Page
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