Manufacturing Ignorance

Manufacturing Ignorance

2020 fr 97 minutes

Rating: 7.6

Plot

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.

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Cast

Pascal Vasselin

Pascal Vasselin

Narrator (voice)

Fani Hatjina

Fani Hatjina

Herself

Matthias Groß

Matthias Groß

Himself

Linsey McGoey

Linsey McGoey

Herself

Naomi Oreskes

Naomi Oreskes

Herself

Stéphane Foucart

Stéphane Foucart

Himself

Catherine Collinet

Catherine Collinet

Herself (archive footage)

Stanton A. Glantz

Stanton A. Glantz

Himself

Yves Gingras

Yves Gingras

Himself

Stephan Lewandowsky

Stephan Lewandowsky

Himself

Marcel Goldberg

Marcel Goldberg

Himself

Carlos Sonnenschein

Carlos Sonnenschein

Himself

Ana Soto

Ana Soto

Herself

Frederick vom Saal

Frederick vom Saal

Himself

Erwin Neher

Erwin Neher

Himself

Steven Milloy

Steven Milloy

Himself (archive footage)

David Chavalarias

David Chavalarias

Himself

James M. Taylor

James M. Taylor

Himself

Jim Lakely

Jim Lakely

Himself

Frederick Singer

Frederick Singer

Himself (archive footage)

Morton Downey, Jr.

Morton Downey, Jr.

Himself (archive footage)

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