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What are the forces that shape and propel American militarism? This award-winning film provides an inside look at the anatomy of the American war machine. Why We Fight is the title of a series of propaganda films that Frank Capra began making in 1942, with the aim of encouraging the American war effort against Nazism. Director Eugene Jarecki (The Trials of Henry Kissinger) has used the films as a commentary on the contemporary obsession of the American elite with military power. Eugene Jarecki's previous film The Trials of Henry Kissinger was widely acclaimed and won the 2002 Amnesty International Award. He spoke to the BBC from New York about making Why We Fight and his concerns about America. Read more @ http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfour/documentaries/storyville/eugene-jarecki.shtml

Posted by Conscious Video on August 15, 2010 at 12:53 AM

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