All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. Stone (2016)

7.4/10 91 min Documentary

Overview

Vancouver-based filmmaker and TV news veteran Fred Peabody explores the life and legacy of the maverick American journalist I.F. Stone, whose long one-man crusade against government deception lives on in the work of such contemporary filmmakers and journalists as Laura Poitras, Glenn Greenwald, David Corn, and Matt Taibbi.

Cast

Leslie Moonves

Self - President of CBS (voice) (archive footage)

Matt Taibbi

Self - Contributing Editor, Rolling Stone Magazine

Colin Powell

Self (archive footage)

Henry Kissinger

Self (archive footage)

Ralph Nader

Self - Author and Political Activist

Amy Goodman

Self - Host and Executive Producer, Democracy Now!

Jeremy Scahill

Self - Co-founder, The Intercept

Glenn Greenwald

Self - Co-founder, The Intercept

Edward Snowden

Self (archive footage)

Laura Poitras

Self - Co-founder, The Intercept (archive footage)

Carl Bernstein

Self - Investigative Journalist - Co-author, All the President's Men

Noam Chomsky

Self - Professor Emeritus, MIT

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