The Shock Doctrine
An investigation of "disaster capitalism", based on Naomi Klein's proposition that neo-liberal capitalism feeds on natural disasters, war and terror to establish its dominance.
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Cast
12 people
Kieran O'Brien
Narrator (Voice)
Known for
Band of Brothers
Chernobyl
Naomi Klein
Self
Also in
This Land Is Your Land
The Godmother
Milton Friedman
Self
Also in
The Power of the Market
John Major
Self (archive footage)
Also in
Endgame in Ireland
World in Action
Bill Clinton
Self (archive footage)
Also in
Endgame in Ireland
Kursk: 10 Days That Shaped Putin
Henry Kissinger
Self (archive footage)
Also in
Russia's War: Blood Upon the Snow
Condor - les axes du mal
Saddam Hussein
Self (archive footage)
Also in
Flight 149: Hostage of War
Saddam's Iraq
Condoleezza Rice
Self (archive footage)
Also in
First Pitch
30 Rock
Barack Obama
Self (archive footage)
Also in
Revealing Ukraine
The Pledgefather
Alan Greenspan
Self (archive footage)
Known for
All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace
Boris Yeltsin
Self (archive footage)
Also in
Salam Aleikum, Ingush people!
Day of Revelation
Margaret Thatcher
Self (archive footage)
Also in
Soul Boys of the Western World
Degeneration Punk
Michael Winterbottom Director · Mat Whitecross Director Naomi Klein Author
United States release September 1, 2009 · Produced in United Kingdom
Production
Renegade Pictures
Production
United Kingdom
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
Denmark · September 1, 2009
Limited theatrical
United Kingdom · September 1, 2009
Theatrical
United States · September 1, 2009
Theatrical
France
March 3, 2010 · Theatrical
Sweden
September 1, 2009 · Limited theatrical
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