The War on Democracy

Chris Martin
2007-06-15

Never believe anything until it is officially denied
7.5
96 min

Set both in Latin America and the United States, the film explores the historic and current relationship of Washington with countries such as Venezuela, Bolivia and Chile. Pilger says that the film "...tells a universal story... analysing and revealing, through vivid testimony, the story of great power behind its venerable myths. It allows us to understand the true nature of the so-called "war on terror". According to Pilger, the film’s message is that the greed and power of empire is not invincible and that people power is always the "seed beneath the snow".

Cast

Name Character Team
John Pilger Self Unowned
Hugo Chávez Self Unowned
Philip Agee Self Unowned
Jacobo Árbenz Self - President of Guatemala (archive footage) Unowned
Richard Nixon Self (archive footage) Unowned
Henry Kissinger Self (archive footage) Unowned
E. Howard Hunt Self (archive footage) Unowned
Ari Fleischer Self (archive footage) Unowned
Allen Dulles Self (archive footage) Unowned
Fidel Castro Self (archive footage) Unowned
George W. Bush Self (archive footage) Unowned
George H. W. Bush Self (archive footage) Unowned
Salvador Allende Self (archive sound) Unowned
Ronald Reagan Self (Archive Footage) Unowned
Richard Helms Self (Archive Footage) Unowned