Noam Chomsky Filmography

Split: A Divided America

Synopsis: In an era where partisan politics seems to have split America right down the middle and political debate can grow so heated that most folks choose to avoid the topic altogether, filmmaker Kelly Nyuks travels from coast to coast in order to find out why political discourse regarding public affairs Read More

Noam Chomsky on the World: The Chomsky Sessions

Actors: Noam Chomsky

Synopsis: A prominent philosopher, a linguist, and a political activist, 20th Century intellectual Noam Chomsky's most instantly recognizable role may be that of the quintessential American dissident. Beginning with the Vietnam War, Chomsky has risen to become one of the most outspoken opponents of American Read More

Lake of Fire

Actors: Noam Chomsky, Alan Dershowitz, Nat Hentoff, Dallas Blanchard, Norma McCorvey

Synopsis: With Lake of Fire, American History X helmer and music-video director Tony Kaye climbs inside of the decades-old abortion debate for a 152-minute study of the pro-life and pro-choice positions. In the process, he uncovers not an objective black-and-white issue, but a myriad of circumstances and Read More

Global Haywire: A Short History of Planet Malfunction [D] [A]

Actors: Robyn Nevin, Barry Otto, Marjella O'Shea, Juliet Darling, Winnie Shih

Synopsis: British actor Tom Baker narrates Oscar-winning animator Bruce Petty's thoughtful meditation on colonialism, capitalism, and the longstanding tensions between Islam and the Western world. Input from such noted thinkers as Gore Vidal, Noam Chomsky, Robert Frisk, and George Monbiat help to highlight Read More

Manufacturing Dissent

Synopsis: In an era where fact, fiction, and legend have become increasingly difficult to distinguish, Debbie Melnyk and Rick Caine set out to explore the politically charged climate in America and find out just how documentary director Michael Moore has evolved from a simple filmmaker into an icon of Read More

The U.S. vs. John Lennon

Actors: John Lennon, Stew Albert, Tariq Ait Ben Ali, Carl Bernstein, Robin Blackburn, Chris Charlesworth

Synopsis: Filmmakers David Leaf and John Scheinfeld offer a compelling look at the efforts of the United States government to silence one of rock & roll's most outspoken war critics in this documentary detailing the Vietnam-era struggle between the Richard Nixon administration and iconic peace activist John Lennon Read More

Aristide and the Endless Revolution

Actors: Jean-Bertrand Aristide

Synopsis: Jean-Bertrand Aristide was the first democratically elected president of Haiti, a nation long marked by political instability and corruption, but while the former Catholic priest was voted in as a friend of the poor and the disadvantaged, staying in office proved to be his greatest challenge. Aristide Read More

Oil Factor: Behind the War on Terror

Synopsis: Experts have estimated that at the current rate of production, the United States and Europe will exhaust their supplies of oil by the year 2010. Meanwhile, the nation of Iraq holds the world's second largest reserve of oil, representing nearly three-quarters of the Earth's current petroleum Read More

Peace, Propaganda & The Promised Land: American Media & The Subversion of Peace

Synopsis: American media coverage of the ongoing conflict between Israel and Palestine goes under the microscope in this activist documentary. In Peace, Propaganda & the Promised Land: American Media and the Subversion of Peace, filmmakers Bathsheba Ratzkoff and Sut Jhally use newsreel footage from a Read More

Internationally Speaking

Synopsis: Springboarding from the idea that individuals around the world deserve the right to publicly voice their thoughts about the United States of America and its foreign policy, Christine Rose's documentary Internationally Speaking listens to candid and heartfelt opinions from hundreds of global Read More

Hijacking Catastrophe: 9/11, Fear & the Selling of American Empire

Actors: Julian Bond

Synopsis: Did the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, allow certain Republican leaders to put policies and legislation into effect that they knew would be rejected by their colleagues and constituents at nearly any other time? That's the question posed by this documentary, which offers a detailed look Read More

Howard Zinn: You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train

Actors: Matt Damon

Synopsis: Directed by Deb Ellis and Denis Mueller, Howard Zinn: You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train offers a retrospective on the life and times of Howard Zinn. Activist, best-selling author, and historian, Zinn is considered the catalyst for some of the most notable progressive movements of the past 60 Read More

The Corporation

Actors: Jane Akre, Raymond L. Anderson, Joe Badaracco, Maude Barlow, Mark Barry

Synopsis: In the mid-1800s, corporations began to be recognized as individuals by U.S. courts, granting them unprecedented rights. The Corporation, a documentary by filmmakers Mark Achbar and Jennifer Abbott and author Joel Bakan, delves into that legal standard, essentially asking: if corporations were Read More

XXI Century, Part 2: ...and the Pursuit of Happiness

XXI Century, Part 6: Blood and Oil

XXI Century, Part 4: War, Peace and Patriotism

XXI Century, Part 3: ...and Nothing Much but the Truth

Rush to War: Between Iraq and a Hard Place

Synopsis: Three weeks after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the United States, filmmaker Robert Taicher and a small film crew drive from Los Angeles to Washington, D.C. and New York City to examine the various issues surrounding the tragedy and American foreign policy by speaking with typical Read More

Beyond the Frame: Alternative Perspectives on the War on Terrorism

The Peace! DVD

Actors: Harry Belafonte, Noam Chomsky, Angela Davis, Ossie Davis, Danny Glover

Synopsis: A pair of pacifist-minded documentarians reach out to dozens of their generation's greatest thinkers in a bid to ensure a peaceful future for all in this documentary that encourages viewers to take an active role in the peace process. From September 2002 to May 2003, filmmakers Gabriele Zamparini Read More

Hidden in Plain Sight

Actors: Father Roy Bourgeois, Noam Chomsky, Christopher Hitchens, Eduardo Galeano, Sandra Alvarez

Synopsis: An insightful examination of the controversial School of the Americas, director John Smihula's Hidden in Plain Sight offers a rare look inside the U.S.-based military training school where such notorious figures as Manuel Noriega learned their trade. Over the course of its history, the Fort Read More

The Party's Over

Actors: Philip Seymour Hoffman

Synopsis: Actors and political activists come together to take a long, hard look at the State of the Union during the 2000 U.S. Presidential election in this documentary, a follow-up to 1993's The Last Party, in which actor Robert Downey Jr. followed the 1992 presidential campaign. In The Last Party 2000 Read More

Noam Chomsky: Rebel Without a Pause

Synopsis: Activist, linguist, and dissident thinker Noam Chomsky was once described by The New York Times as "the most important intellectual alive," and he has gained both passionate admirers and vehement detractors for his outspoken speeches and writings on United States foreign policy. From the Vietnam Read More

Orwell: Against the Tide

Power and Terror: Noam Chomsky in Our Times

Synopsis: Noam Chomsky is arguably the most important and best-respected dissident political analyst in the United States. While his outspoken opinions on American foreign policy have hardly endeared him to the mainstream media (or the leading lights of either the Republican or Democratic parties), his Read More

On Power, Dissent and Racism: A Conversation With Noam Chomsky

Actors: Noam Chomsky

Noam Chomsky: Distorted Morality - America's War on Terror?

Actors: Noam Chomsky

Synopsis: Noam Chomsky: Distorted Morality - America's War on Terror? features scholar Noam Chomsky presenting his thesis before an audience at Harvard University on February 6, 2002. He provides logical support for his argument against the U.S. government's proposed war on terror. Using thoughtful analysis Read More

Other American Voices

Synopsis: The state of civil liberties and political dissent in a post-September 11 world is examined in Other American Voices, a documentary featuring comments from such left-leaning luminaries as Noam Chomsky and Amy Goodman. Particular attention is paid to the Bush administration's efforts to control Read More

Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media

Synopsis: The Canadian documentary Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media presents a lengthy, detailed look at the political beliefs of celebrated intellectual Noam Chomsky. Casting only passing glances at Chomsky's groundbreaking work in the field of linguistics and his eventful life, filmmakers Mark Achbar Read More

The Myth of the Liberal Media