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All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. Stone
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A look at the life and work of American journalist, I.F. Stone, who leads a one-man crusade against government deception.
A look at the life and work of American journalist, I.F. Stone, who leads a one-man crusade against government deception.
Actors:
Michelle Obama,
Carl Bernstein,
Lori Baker,
Nermeen Shaikh,
George W. Bush,
Tom Engelhardt,
Laura Poitras
Michelle Obama
17 January 1964, Chicago, Illinois, USA
Carl Bernstein
14 February 1944, Washington, District of Columbia, USA
Lori Baker
Nermeen Shaikh
George W. Bush
6 July 1946, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Tom Engelhardt
Laura Poitras
2 February 1964, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Genre:
Documentary
Director:
Fred Peabody
Fred Peabody
Country:
Canada
Keywords:
#All Governments Lie: Truth #All Governments Lie: Truth #Amy Goodman #Chris Hedges #Colin Powell #Deception #Deception #Fred Peabody #Henry Kissinger #I.F. Stone #Jeff Cohen #Jeremy Scahill #John Carlos Frey #Leslie Moonves #Matt Taibbi #Ralph Nader #and the Spirit of I.F. Stone #and the Spirit of I.F. Stone (2016)
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November 01, 2016
Riffing off the great independent newsman I.F. Stone's famous statement "All governments lie," Peabody connects with an array of impressive indie journalists who are filling in the gaps left by a pandering mainstream media.
November 04, 2016
A tribute to independent journalist I. F. Stone and contemporary journalists who continue his adversarial spirit.
November 03, 2016
Featuring footage from the last six decades, "All Governments Lie" is a timely, convincing documentary that will cause audiences to question what they see and read.
November 02, 2016
In an era of disaster- and celebrity-obsessed cable news, during an election testing the virtues of objectivity, the documentary All Governments Lie is worthy testimony that many journalists are in it for the truth.
November 04, 2016
Useful survey of the left media but the notion of I.F. Stone having something in common with millionaire blue-dog Democrat Michael Moore is patently absurd.
December 09, 2016
It lucidly argues that powerful interests have been creating supercharged fake stories for decades to advance their own nefarious interests. And the institutional media have too often blithely played along.
November 03, 2016
Peabody creates a briskly paced doc that cleverly uses interviews and archive footage in order to distill this complex subject into an easily digestible viewing experience.
February 24, 2017
Let's face it: Reality is getting too strange for filmmakers to keep up. That said, All Governments Lie does offer an important cautionary point in the midst of Trump's increasingly authoritarian presidency.
November 03, 2016
By swinging too large a scythe, All Governments Lie needlessly demeans an entire profession in the interest of championing a few would-be Izzy Stones.
November 06, 2016
Even if you belong to the choir it's preaching to, it has the rare distinction of being a movie you can agree and argue with at the same time.
January 27, 2017
Filmmakers can't possibly predict what the world will look like when their movie actually gets released. Sometimes you get lucky.