The War on Democracy (2007)

Film · 96m · June 15, 2007

History Documentary War

Never believe anything until it is officially denied

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".

John Pilger

Self

Hugo Chávez

Self

Philip Agee

Self

Jacobo Árbenz

Self - President of Guatemala (archive footage)

Richard Nixon

Self (archive footage)

Henry Kissinger

Self (archive footage)

E. Howard Hunt

Self (archive footage)

Ari Fleischer

Self (archive footage)

Allen Dulles

Self (archive footage)

Fidel Castro

Self (archive footage)

George W. Bush

Self (archive footage)

George H. W. Bush

Self (archive footage)

Salvador Allende

Self (archive sound)

Ronald Reagan

Self (Archive Footage)

Richard Helms

Self (Archive Footage)

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