Shadow World
14 votes
A detailed investigation into the political and economic interests that, since the beginning of the 20th century, have pulled the strings of the arms trade, hidden in the shadows, feeding the shameful corruption of politicians and government officials and promoting a state of permanent war throughout the world, while they cynically asked for a lasting and universal peace.
Status: Released
Released Date: 2016-10-14
Runtime: 94 mins
Director: Johan Grimonprez
Writer: Eduardo Galeano, Johan Grimonprez, Andrew Feinstein
Spoken language: العربية, English, Español
Genres: Documentary, History
Original title: Shadow World
Production Companies: Dillywood, Louverture Films, Onomatopee Films, Final Cut for Real, Bertha Foundation, Fork Films, ITVS, RTBF, Britdoc Foundation, Zap-O-Matik
Production Countries: Belgium, Denmark, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America
Cast
Andrew Feinstein
David Leigh
Helen Garlick
Riccardo Privitera
Pierre Sprey
Vijay Prashad
Jeremy Scahill
Marta Benavides
Chris Hedges
James Der Derian
Michael Hardt
Franklin C. Spinney
Cynthia McKinney
Robert Fisk
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