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The Trap: What Happened to Our Dream of Freedom (2007)

8.01h 0mDocumentary

Individual freedom is the dream of our age. It's what our leaders promise to give us, it defines how we think of ourselves and, repeatedly, we have gone to war to impose freedom around the world. But if you step back and look at what freedom actually means for us today, it's a strange and limited kind of freedom.

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Director: Adam Curtis

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Adam Curtis as Narrator

Adam Curtis

Narrator

Yevgeny Kiselyov as Self

Yevgeny Kiselyov

Self

Ronald Reagan as Self (archive footage)

Ronald Reagan

Self (archive footage)

Tony Blair as Self (archive footage)

Tony Blair

Self (archive footage)

Boris Yeltsin as Self (archive footage)

Boris Yeltsin

Self (archive footage)

Vladimir Putin as Self (archive footage)

Vladimir Putin

Self (archive footage)

Margaret Thatcher as Self (archive footage)

Margaret Thatcher

Self (archive footage)

Bill Clinton as Self (archive footage)

Bill Clinton

Self (archive footage)

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