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Feature film — 2007

The War on Democracy (2007)

7.51h 36mHistory — Documentary — War

Set both in Latin America and the United States, the film explores the historic and current relationship of Washington with countries such as Venezuela, Bolivia and Chile. Pilger says that the film "...tells a universal story... analysing and revealing, through vivid testimony, the story of great power behind its venerable myths. It allows us to understand the true nature of the so-called "war on terror". According to Pilger, the film’s message is that the greed and power of empire is not invincible and that people power is always the "seed beneath the snow".

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A high-signal pick with 41 votes.

Youngheart Entertainment / Granada Productions

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Director: Sean Crotty

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Cast & crew

John Pilger as Self

John Pilger

Self

Hugo Chávez as Self

Hugo Chávez

Self

Philip Agee as Self

Philip Agee

Self

Jacobo Árbenz as Self - President of Guatemala (archive footage)

Jacobo Árbenz

Self - President of Guatemala (archive footage)

Richard Nixon as Self (archive footage)

Richard Nixon

Self (archive footage)

Henry Kissinger as Self (archive footage)

Henry Kissinger

Self (archive footage)

E. Howard Hunt as Self (archive footage)

E. Howard Hunt

Self (archive footage)

Ari Fleischer as Self (archive footage)

Ari Fleischer

Self (archive footage)

Allen Dulles as Self (archive footage)

Allen Dulles

Self (archive footage)

Fidel Castro as Self (archive footage)

Fidel Castro

Self (archive footage)

George W. Bush as Self (archive footage)

George W. Bush

Self (archive footage)

George H. W. Bush as Self (archive footage)

George H. W. Bush

Self (archive footage)