Poster for the movie The Shock Doctrine

The Shock Doctrine

2009 • 82 minutes
Documentary

An investigation of "disaster capitalism", based on Naomi Klein's proposition that neo-liberal capitalism feeds on natural disasters, war and terror to establish its dominance.

Picture of Kieran O'Brien

Kieran O'Brien

Narrator (Voice)

Picture of Naomi Klein

Naomi Klein

Self

Picture of Milton Friedman

Milton Friedman

Self

Picture of John Major

John Major

Self (archive footage)

Picture of Bill Clinton

Bill Clinton

Self (archive footage)

Picture of Henry Kissinger

Henry Kissinger

Self (archive footage)

Picture of Saddam Hussein

Saddam Hussein

Self (archive footage)

Picture of Condoleezza Rice

Condoleezza Rice

Self (archive footage)

Picture of Barack Obama

Barack Obama

Self (archive footage)

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Alan Greenspan

Self (archive footage)

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Boris Yeltsin

Self (archive footage)

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Margaret Thatcher

Self (archive footage)