The Shock Doctrine: Short Film

By Ian MacKenzie On October 4, 2007 · 5 Comments

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You may have heard about the new book from Naomi Klein (author of No Logo) recently published, titled “The Shock Doctrine.” This short film offers a compelling argument about her idea.

“When I finished The Shock Doctrine, I sent it to Alfonso CuarÃƒÂ³n because I adore his films and felt that the future he created for Children of Men was very close to the present I was seeing in disaster zones. I was hoping he would send me a quote for the book jacket and instead he pulled together this amazing team of artists — including JonÃƒÂ¡s CuarÃƒÂ³n who directed and edited — to make The Shock Doctrine short film. It was one of those blessed projects where everything felt fated.” – Naomi Klein

Read more about the film and book on her website.

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Ian MacKenzie is the founder and former editor of Brave New Traveler. He is a now a contributing editor to Matador, and the network's architect. Ian is also a documentary filmmaker, with his first feature (One Week Job) released in 2010.

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http://www.rucksackwanderer.com/ Tim Patterson

Here’s a link to a great review of “The Shock Doctrine” by famed economist Joseph Stiglitz in the New York Times.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/30/books/review/Stiglitz-t.html?_r=1&oref=slogin
http://www.matadortravel.com/travel-community/deva Eva

Thanks for the link, Tim. I’m not usually much of a Naomi Klein fan but this sounds pretty interesting. The sudden “redevelopment” of the areas in Greece that have just been conveniently cleared by fire sprang to mind as a smaller-scale example of the “opportunities” provided by catastrophes…

http://www.worldhum.com/weblog/item/in_greece_developers_eye_scorched_peloponnese_20070920/
http://www.bravenewtraveler.com Ian MacKenzie

I find it hard to believe that there would be a systematic conspiracy to take advantage of crisis – but perhaps her point is that there’s always those looking to exploit the “shocked” if it benefits their bank accounts… very stylish film though.
http://ricetimes.wordpress.com Josh Lew

I think that CuarÃƒÂ³n’s video does not do justice to Klein’s idea that disaster offers economic opportunity to those who seek it. I mean, comparing shock therapy to the current administration’s foreign policy is ridiculous, but at the same time, one has to wonder, why is war being waged in Iraq, but not in Sudan. I’d all but guarantee that you’d be seeing GIs in Dafour if the US had more of an economic stake in the country.
http://dougdo.com/ dougdo

Thanks for posting this. I’ve been hearing a lot about this book, positive and negative. The film is powerful and presents some important ideas that certainly are not well discussed in our society.

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