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Release Date:
November 23, 2020
Original Title:
La Fabrique de l'ignorance
Genres:
Documentary | TV Movie
Production Companies:
AMC Networks International Iberia
ARTE
France Télévisions
RTBF
RTS
Télé-Québec
ZED
Production Countries:
Belgium | France | Switzerland
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 97
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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Additional Music:
Louka Vasselin-Novaes
Animation:
Fabien Farrachi
Assistant Director:
Filippos Vardakas
Laurie Chevrot
Mathieu Charrière
Assistant Editor:
Cécile Stephan
Co-Writer:
Stéphane Foucart
Mathias Girel
Jean-Christophe Ribot
Color Grading:
Vanessa Colombel
Director:
Franck Cuveillier
Pascal Vasselin
Director of Photography:
Pascal Vasselin
Editor:
Guillaume Quignard
Mix Technician:
Georges Lafitte
Original Music Composer:
Julien Jaouen
Post Production Coordinator:
Simon Gadrey
Gwendal Ropars
Producer:
Gaëlle Guyader
Production Assistant:
Andréa Beoletto
Production Coordinator:
Marion Papillon
Amandine Louis
Production Manager:
Anne-France Pelerin
Sound:
Franck Cuveillier
Sound Recordist:
Sven Jensen-Brakelman
Anastasios Gikas
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