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They know we know they lie - HyperNormalisation
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Title: HyperNormalisation

Release Date: 25 Oct 2016

Runtime: 2h 47m

Genre: Documentary

Director: BBC

Production Companies: BBC

Overview: 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…

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Average Vote: 7.4 (131 votes)

Cast

  • Self - Narrator (voice): Adam Curtis
  • Self (archive footage): 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
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