The occupation of the American mind : Israel's public relations war in the United States / George Matta and Mundovision Productions present a Media Education Foundation production ; written, produced, and directed by Loretta Alper & Jeremy Earp.

Format:

• Video

Contributor:

• Alper, Loretta, screenwriter, producer, director.
• Earp, Jeremy, screenwriter, producer, director, editor of moving image work.
• Jhally, Sut, interviewee, film producer.
• Media Education Foundation, production company.
• Mundovision Productions, film distributor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Arab-Israeli conflict--Mass media and the conflict.
• Mass media--Political aspects--United States.
• Propaganda, Israeli--United States.
• Lobbyists--Israel.
• Israel--In mass media.
• Palestine--In mass media.
• Israel--Foreign relations--United States.
• United States--Foreign relations--Israel.
• Diplomatic relations.
• Lobbyists.
• Mass media.
• Mass media--Political aspects.
• Propaganda, Israeli.
• Israel.
• Middle East--Palestine.
• United States.

Genre:

• Documentary films.
• Feature films.
• Streaming video.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 streaming video file (82 minutes)) : sound, color with black and white sequences

Contained In:

Media Education Foundation Collection.

Other Title:

Israel's public relations war in the United States

Place of Publication:

Northampton, MA : Media Education Foundation, 2016.

System Details:

• digital
• video file

Summary:

Over the past few years, Israel's ongoing military occupation of Palestinian territory and repeated invasions of the Gaza strip have triggered a fierce backlash against Israeli policies virtually everywhere in the world -- except the United States. The Occupation of the American Mind takes an eye-opening look at this critical exception, zeroing in on pro-Israel public relations efforts within the U.S. Narrated by Roger Waters and featuring leading observers of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and U.S. media culture, the film explores how the Israeli government, the U.S. government, and the pro-Israel lobby have joined forces, often with very different motives, to shape American media coverage of the conflict in Israel's favor. From the U.S.-based public relations campaigns that emerged in the 1980s to today, the film provides a sweeping analysis of Israel's decades-long battle for the hearts, minds, and tax dollars of the American people in the face of widening international condemnation of its increasingly right-wing policies.

Participant:

Narrated by Roger Waters ; featuring: Amira Hass, M.J. Rosenberg, Stephen M. Walt, Noam Chomsky, Rula Jebreal, Henry Siegman, Rashid Khalidi, Rami Khouri, Yousef Munayyer, Norman Finkelstein, Max Blumenthal, Phyllis Bennis, Norman Solomon, Mark Crispin Miller, Peter Hart, and Sut Jhally.

Credits:

Executive producer, Sut Jhally ; edited by Jason Young, Jeremy Earp; co-producer, Jason Young ; associate producer, George Matta ; camera, Kate Geis, [and six others].

Notes:

• Originally produced by Media Education Foundation in 2016.
• Description based on online resource; title from title screen (viewed October 25, 2017).

OCLC:

945763179

Publisher Number:

1203637 Kanopy

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.