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The Shock Doctrine
Production Company Revolution Films/Renegade Pictures
Commissioning Network More4
Number of Programmes 1×60 minutes
Year of production 2009
Azimuth Post Production has completed the post production on Revolution Films latest documentary, due for transmission on More4 on 1st Sept.
Directed by award winning filmmakers, Michael Winterbottom and Matt Whitecross, “The Shock Doctrine” is a feature documentary based on Naomi Klein’s bestselling book of the same name. It is the gripping story of how America’s “free market” policies have come to dominate the world – through the exploitation of disaster-shocked people and countries. It explodes the myth that the global free market triumphed on the wings of democracy.
Both the film and the book argue that governments the world over exploit natural disasters, economic crises and wars to push through radical free market policies. Naomi Klein calls this “disaster capitalism”.
The result, the film concludes, is often catastrophic for ordinary people and hugely beneficial to big corporations. Political leaders have turned to brutality and repression in order to crush protest against their agendas of privatization, deregulation and tax cuts.
The film was onlined by Nick Cliff on Avid DS Nitris. Combining footage from many sources, Nick graded these to produce an HD master.
Directors: Michael Winterbottom and Matt Whitecross
Facilities Provided by Azimuth: Online edit on Avid DS Nitris
Online Editor: Nick Cliff
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