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Brits have Hawking - Yanks have Chomsky! 10 Years, 6 Months ago
"Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media" (1992), is a documentary film that explores the political life and ideas of Noam Chomsky, leading linguist, intellectual, and political activist. Created by two Canadian filmmakers, Mark Achbar and Peter Wintonick, it expands on ideas in Chomsky's book "Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media" (1988) co-written with Edward S. Herman.
The film illustrates Chomsky's and Herman's thesis that corporate media, as profit-driven institutions, serve and further the agendas of the interests of dominant elite groups in a society. Centerpiece of the film is a long examination of the history of The New York Times' coverage of the Indonesian occupation of East Timor, which Chomsky says exemplifies the media's unwillingness to criticize an ally of the elite.
Until "The Corporation" (2003), by Mark Achbar, Jennifer Abbott and Joel Bakan, it was the most successful feature documentary in Canadian history, played theatrically in over 300 cities around the world; won 22 awards; appeared in more than 50 international film festivals; and was broadcast in over 30 markets. It has been translated into a dozen languages.
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