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Status
Released
Release
2016
Runtime
2h 47m
Available options inUS
"They know we know they lie"
We live in a world where the powerful deceive us. We know they lie. They know we know they lie. They do not care. We say we care, but we do nothing, and nothing ever changes. It is normal. Welcome to the post-truth world. How we got to where we are now…
45 Cast Members
Adam Curtis
Self - Narrator (voice)
Donald Trump
Self (archive footage)
Vladimir Putin
Self (archive footage)
Ronald Reagan
Self (archive footage)
Henry Kissinger
Self (archive footage)
Gordon Brown
Self (archive footage)
Jane Fonda
Self (archive footage)
Ivana Trump
Self (archive footage)
Benjamin Netanyahu
Self (archive footage)
Tony Blair
Self (archive footage)
George W. Bush
Self (archive footage)
Barack Obama
Self (archive footage)
David Cameron
Self (archive footage)
Nigel Farage
Self (archive footage)
Bill Clinton
Self (archive footage)
Hillary Clinton
Self (archive footage)
Muammar Gaddafi
Self (archive footage)
Victor Gotbaum
Self (archive footage)
Ruhollah Khomeini
Self (archive footage)
Timothy Leary
Self (archive footage)
