The Shock Doctrine
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.
Release Date
September 1, 2009Runtime
82 minGenres
DocumentaryDirected by
Michael Winterbottom, Mat WhitecrossWritten by
Naomi KleinLanguage
EnglishBudget
$0Revenue
$0Status
ReleasedCast
Kieran O'Brien
Narrator (Voice)Milton Friedman
SelfJohn Major
Self (archive footage)Bill Clinton
Self (archive footage)Henry Kissinger
Self (archive footage)Saddam Hussein
Self (archive footage)Condoleezza Rice
Self (archive footage)Barack Obama
Self (archive footage)Alan Greenspan
Self (archive footage)Boris Yeltsin
Self (archive footage)Margaret Thatcher
Self (archive footage)Images
Videos
The Shock Doctrine (trailer)
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