Manufacturing Ignorance

Manufacturing Ignorance

97 mins | Documentary, TV Movie | Nov. 23, 2020

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.

Manufacturing Ignorance

97 mins | Documentary, TV Movie | Nov. 23, 2020

Manufacturing Ignorance
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.
IMDb rating 7.7
Producers ARTE, RTBF, France Télévisions, RTS, ZED, Télé-Québec, AMC Networks International Iberia
Original title La Fabrique de l'ignorance
Directors Laurie Chevrot, Franck Cuveillier, Filippos Vardakas, Pascal Vasselin, Mathieu Charrière
Writers Mathias Girel, Stéphane Foucart, Franck Cuveillier, Jean-Christophe Ribot, Pascal Vasselin

Cast

Pascal Vasselin

as Narrator (voice)

Fani Hatjina

as Herself

Matthias Groß

as Himself

Linsey McGoey

as Herself

Naomi Oreskes

as Herself

Stéphane Foucart

as Himself

Catherine Collinet

as Herself (archive footage)

Stanton A. Glantz

as Himself

Yves Gingras

as Himself

Stephan Lewandowsky

as Himself

Marcel Goldberg

as Himself

Carlos Sonnenschein

as Himself

Ana Soto

as Herself

Frederick vom Saal

as Himself

Erwin Neher

as Himself

Steven Milloy

as Himself (archive footage)

David Chavalarias

as Himself

James M. Taylor

as Himself

Jim Lakely

as Himself

Frederick Singer

as Himself (archive footage)

Morton Downey, Jr.

as Himself (archive footage)