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Manufacturing Ignorance
Manufacturing Ignorance

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Manufacturing Ignorance

NR·2020·97m

Summary

Tobacco, climate change, pesticides,... Never has scientific knowledge seemed so vast, detailed and shared. And yet it appears to be increasingly challenged. It is no longer surprising to see private corporations put strategies in place to confuse the public debate and paralyze political decision-making. Overwhelmed by excess of information, how can we, as citizens, sort out fact from fiction? One by one, this film dismantles the workings of this clever manoeuvre that aims to turn science against itself. Thanks to declassified archives, graphic animations and testimonies from experts, lobbyists and politicians, this investigation plunges us into the science of doubt. Along with a team of experts (philosophers, economists, cognitive scientists, political men, or even agnotologists), we explore concrete examples of doubt making and try to understand the whole process and the issues behind it.

Crew

Director, Writer

Pascal Vasselin

Director, Writer

Franck Cuveillier

Co-Writer

Jean-Christophe Ribot

Co-Writer

Stéphane Foucart

Co-Writer

Mathias Girel

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Status:

Released

Original Language:

French

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Keywords

climate change
investigation
addiction
public television
cancer
pesticide
social documentary
social network
public media
fake newsflash
public education
roundup
tobacco industry
nicotine
misconception
big tobacco
herbicide
fake news
political documentary
public safety
public radio
observational documentary
public broadcasting
agnotology
bisphenol
miscommunication