Manufacturing Ignorance

Manufacturing Ignorance

Release date : November 23, 2020
Runtime : 1h 37m
Countries of origin : Belgium / France / Switzerland /
Original Language : English / French / German / Greek /
Production companies : ZED / ARTE / France Télévisions / RTS / AMC Networks International Iberia / RTBF / Télé-Québec /
November 23, 2020 1h 37m Belgium Documentary English More
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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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Pascal Vasselin
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Fani Hatjina
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Catherine Collinet
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Yves Gingras
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Ana Soto
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Erwin Neher
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Steven Milloy
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  • title:Manufacturing Ignorance
  • status:Released
  • Release date: 2020
  • Runtime:1h 37m
  • Genres: Documentary · TV Movie ·
  • Countries of origin: Belgium · France · Switzerland ·
  • Original Language: English · French · German · Greek ·
  • Director: Franck Cuveillier / Pascal Vasselin /
  • Writers: Stéphane Foucart · Mathias Girel · Pascal Vasselin · Franck Cuveillier · Jean-Christophe Ribot ·
  • Production companies: ZED · ARTE · France Télévisions · RTS · AMC Networks International Iberia · RTBF · Télé-Québec ·
  • Overview: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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