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This is a 'fictional' movie posing as a propaganda film made by north korea against the west. It is portrayed as an attack against corporate media, the use of fear and false wars and consumer slavery.
NOTE: It contains very graphic footage of war violence including dead bodies, children killed from war, people being executed and so on. Really disgusting stuff but real actual war footage.
It has been described as either a damning indictment of 21st Century culture or the best piece of propaganda in a generation.
It was made by Slavko Martinov, a New Zealander, who talks about it here:
here is a link to the website:
http://propagandafilm.net/Propaganda/
It is the most brutal, direct and blunt take down of western culture I have ever seen.
nilesobek
(1,423 posts)So far I've watched 20 minutes or so. Its very well made and thought out. Its hard to admit, even now, I've always been a recipient of some kind of propaganda or other.
peoli
(3,111 posts)It's hard to look in the mirror but I think by doing so we only become more aware of ourselves and who we are. We also become aware of how we became the way we and WHO influenced us to think the way we think, and WHY they chose to influence us in the way that they have.
It's mega important to me personally to understand the structure of my thoughts and why I think the way I do and how those thoughts got there in the first place.... and most importantly, am I really living in truth to my own deepest beliefs? It is a lifelong pursuit for me to be true to myself and to shed the lies that I have been taught in my own life and that have influenced me in negative ways.
I found this film on this website which has an incredible amount documentaries:
http://www.filmsforaction.org/wall-of-big-media/
nilesobek
(1,423 posts)Amazing and stunning documentary. Going to watch the commentary too. Because its labeled a "fictional," NK propaganda video allows this to bring in ideas considered persona non grata.
awoke_in_2003
(34,582 posts)weren't the only people who did propaganda well. In a popular lit class I took in high school I did a report on US propaganda during WWII. It was the funnest report I ever did.
cantbeserious
(13,039 posts)eom
nilesobek
(1,423 posts)More like a willing particapant, but not in the last 15 years.
cantbeserious
(13,039 posts)eom
peoli
(3,111 posts)Uncle Joe
(58,458 posts)1. Because there are some extremely graphics scenes.
2. And this reason is even worse than #1 because the vast majority of this video is spot on in too many points and that's depressing.
Having said that I don't view North Korea as anything to follow, while this is correct in its' summation regarding our powers that be being afraid of democracy, North Korea has no grounds to stand on in this regard.
This is great propaganda which I agree with it, but North Korea could/should clean their own house as well perhaps their "Dear Leader," Eternal President" with his "Eternal Wisdom" might take heed of his own admonishment and institute true democracy in North Korea to show us his eternal courage?
Thanks for the thread, peoli.
cantbeserious
(13,039 posts)North Korea is used as an agitprop for an outside critic of the West.
In truth, the documentary is totally the creation of a Western mind.