Manufacturing Ignorance
7.5
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
21 people
Pascal Vasselin
Narrator (voice)
Fani Hatjina
Herself
Matthias Groß
Himself
Linsey McGoey
Herself
Naomi Oreskes
Herself
Also in
The Hypocrite
Stéphane Foucart
Himself
Catherine Collinet
Herself (archive footage)
Stanton A. Glantz
Himself
Yves Gingras
Himself
Stephan Lewandowsky
Himself
Marcel Goldberg
Himself
Carlos Sonnenschein
Himself
Pascal Vasselin Director · Franck Cuveillier Director Julien Jaouen Composer
First release November 23, 2020 · Produced in Belgium, France, Switzerland · Languages English, French, German, Greek
Production
ZED
Production
ARTE
Production
France Télévisions
Production
RTS
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AMC Networks International Iberia
Production
RTBF
Production
Télé-Québec
Production
Belgium · France · Switzerland
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Original title
La Fabrique de l'ignorance
Original language
French
Spoken on screen
English · French · German · Greek
Release dates
Belgium · November 23, 2020
TV · La Trois
No release date listed for United States.
France
February 16, 2021 · Digital · arte.tv
February 23, 2021 · TV · Arte
Germany
February 16, 2021 · Digital · arte.tv
February 23, 2021 · TV · Arte
Switzerland
November 25, 2020 · TV · RTS 1
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