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RVML Resource Center 2002-2007 Calendar Archives 14 October 2003, Tuesday |
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Video & Discussion: "Manufacturing Consent" PART 1 by Noam Chomsky
Time: 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Location: RVML Event Center - 258 A St, Ashland
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Video & Discussion: "Manufacturing Consent" PART 1by Noam Chomsky
All Tuesday evening events
at RVML are free admission
Video Description:
"Manufacturing Consent" by Noam Chomsky PART 1
Peter Wintonick and Mark Achbar made this penetrating documentary about the career and views of linguist and media critic Noam Chomsky. While the man is the subject of the movie, the filmmakers wisely and carefully choose not to make Chomsky more important than his insights into the way print and electronic journalism tacitly and often willingly further the agendas of the powerful. We learn a lot about Chomsky's formative experiences as a child, student, academic, activist, and politician (he has campaigned for office), but we learn just as much about the media institutions that deny him access today, from ABC to PBS. The centerpiece of the film, arguably, is a long examination into the history of the New York Times' coverage of Indonesia's atrocity-ridden occupation of East Timor, reportage that (as Chomsky shows us) was absolutely in lock step with the government's unwillingness to criticize an ally.
70 Min. Produced in 1993
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 Licensed To: RVML |
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