Manufacturing Ignorance
23/11/2020
2h

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.
Cast
Pascal Vasselin
Narrator (voice)


Fani Hatjina
Herself


Matthias Groß
Himself


Linsey McGoey
Herself


Naomi Oreskes
Herself


Stéphane Foucart
Himself
Catherine Collinet
Herself (archive footage)


Stanton A. Glantz
Himself


Yves Gingras
Himself


Stephan Lewandowsky
Himself


Marcel Goldberg
Himself


Carlos Sonnenschein
Himself


Ana Soto
Herself


Frederick vom Saal
Himself


Erwin Neher
Himself
Steven Milloy
Himself (archive footage)


David Chavalarias
Himself
James M. Taylor
Himself
Jim Lakely
Himself


Frederick Singer
Himself (archive footage)


Morton Downey, Jr.
Himself (archive footage)
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