Propaganda: Engineering Consent (2018)

7.4/10 54 min Documentary History TV Movie

Overview

How can the masses be controlled? Apparently, the American publicist Edward L. Bernays (1891-1995), a pioneer in the field of propaganda and public relations, knew the answer to such a key question. The amazing story of the master of manipulation and the creation of the engineering of consent; a frightening true story about advertising, lies and charlatans.

Cast

Sébastien Desjours

Self - Narrator (voice)

Anne Bernays

Self - E. Bernays' Daughter

Noam Chomsky

Self - Linguist

Edward L. Bernays

Self - Publicist (archive footage)

Carlos Castillo Armas

Self - Politician (archive footage)

Charlie Chaplin

Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)

Douglas Fairbanks

Self - Actor (archive footage)

John D. Rockefeller

Self - Businessman (archive footage)

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Self - Politician (archive footage)

Lowell Thomas

Self - Writer (archive footage)

Harry S. Truman

Self - Politician (archive footage)

Woodrow Wilson

Self - Politician (archive footage)

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