Hijacking Catastrophe (2004)



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Synopsis:
A documentary that examines how a radical fringe of the Republican Party has used the trauma of the 9/11 terror attacks to advance a pre-existing agenda to radically transform American foreign policy while rolling back civil liberties and social problems at home. The documentary places the Bush Administration's false justifications for war in Iraq within the larger context of a two-decade struggle by neo-conservatives to dramatically increase military spending in the wake of the Cold War, and to expand American power globally by means of military force. At the same time, the film argues that the Bush Administration has sold this radical and controversial plan for aggressive American military intervention by deliberately manipulating intelligence, political imagery, and the fears of the American people after 9/11. The chronicle features interviews with more than twenty prominent political observers, including Pentagon whistleblower Lt. Colonel (retired) Karen Kwiatkowski, who witnessed first hand how the Bush Administration set up a sophisticated propaganda operation to link the anxieties generated by 9/11 to a pre-existing foreign policy agenda that included a preemptive war on Iraq. At its core, the film places the deceptions of the Bush Administration within the larger frame of questions seldom posed in the mainstream: What, exactly, is the agenda that drove the administration's pre-war deceptions? How is 9/11 being used to sell this agenda? And what are the stakes for America, Americans, and the world if this agenda succeeds in being fully implemented during a second Bush term?

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Theatrical Release
9/10/2004
Director Credit
Sut Jhally Director
Jeremy Earp Director
Cast Credit
Julian Bond Narrator
Noam Chomsky Himself
Daniel Ellsberg Himself
Karen Kwaitkowski Himself
Michael Franti Himself
Norman Mailer Himself
Scott Ritter Himself
Medea Benjamin
Production Credits Credit
Sut Jhally Producer
Jeremy Earp Producer
Production Companies Credit
MEF Production Company
Distribution Companies Credit
imMEDIAte Pictures Domestic Theatrical Distributor

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