United States / Apr 16, 2016 / Tribeca Film Festival
Inside the global arms trade
1h 34min
Overall average
5.0/10
Trailer
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Plot
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.
Main cast
Full cast
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Marta Benavides | Self - Peace Activist |
| Chris Hedges | Self - Journalist |
| James Der Derian | Self - Political Scientist |
| Michael Hardt | Self - Political Philosopher |
| Franklin C. Spinney | Self - Former Military Analyst |
| Cynthia McKinney | Self - Politician |
| Robert Fisk | Self - Journalist |
| Clare Short | Self - Politician |
| David Lawley-Wakelin | Self - Filmmaker |
| Muntazer Al-Zaidi | Self - Journalist |
| Lawrence Wilkerson | Self - Former US Army Colonel |
| Trita Parsi | Self - Political Analyst |
| Wesley Clark | Self - Former US Military |
| Eduardo Galeano | Self - Stories Narrator (voice) |
| Jeremy Rifkin | Self - Writer (voice) |
| Harris Yulin | Smedley D. Butler (voice) |
| Barack Obama | Self - Politician (archive footage) |
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| Henry Williamson | Self - WWI Veteran (archive footage) |
| George Ashurst | Self - WWI Veteran (voice) (archive footage) |
| Margaret Thatcher | Self - Politician (archive footage) |
| Ronald Reagan | Self - Politician (archive footage) |
| Bandar bin Sultan | Self - Politician (archive footage) |
| Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom | Self (archive footage) |
| Mark Thatcher | Self - Businessman (archive footage) |
| Richard Evans | Self - BAE Chairman (archive footage) |
| Milton Friedman | Self - Economist (archive footage) |
| Frances Fox Piven | Self - Political Scientist (archive footage) |
| Jack Brooks | Self - Politician (archive footage) |
| Robert McFarlane | Self - US NS Advisor (archive footage) |
| Dick Cheney | Self - Politician (archive footage) |
| George H. W. Bush | Self - Politician (archive footage) |
| George W. Bush | Self - Politician (archive footage) |
| Donald Rumsfeld | Self - Politician (archive footage) |
| Colin Powell | Self - Politician (archive footage) |
| Karl Rove | Self - Political Advisor (archive footage) |
| Saddam Hussein | Self - Politician (archive footage) |
| Tony Blair | Self - Politician (archive footage) |
| Nelson Mandela | Self - Politician (archive footage) |
| Thabo Mbeki | Self - Politician (archive footage) |
| Samuel Perlo-Freeman | Self - Defense Economist (archive footage) |
| Richard Nixon | Self - Politician (voice) (archive footage) |
| Henry Kissinger | Self - Politician (voice) (archive footage) |
| Dennis Kucinich | Self - Politician (archive footage) |
| John Bolton | Self - US Diplomat (archive footage) |
| Seymour Hersh | Self - Journalist (archive footage) |
| Medea Benjamin | Self - Activist (archive footage) |
| Hillary Clinton | Self - Politician (archive footage) |
| Benjamin Netanyahu | Self - Politician (archive footage) |
| Larry King | Self - Journalist (archive footage) |
| Osama bin Laden | Self - al-Qaeda Leader (archive fotage) |
| Shir Hever | Self - Economist (archive footage) |
| Mohammad Javad Zarif | Self - Politician (archive footage) |
| Adel Al-Jubeir | Self - Saudi Diplomat (archive footage) |
| Vladimir Putin | Self - Politician (archive footage) |
| Xi Jinping | Self - Politician (archive footage) |
Genres
DocumentaryHistory
Technical details
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Original title | Shadow World |
| Original language | English (EN) |
| Spoken languages | العربية, English, Español |
| Production countries | Belgium, Denmark, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America |
| Status | Released |
| Production companies | Dillywood, Louverture Films, Onomatopee Films, Final Cut for Real, Bertha Foundation, Fork Films, ITVS, RTBF, Britdoc Foundation, Zap-O-Matik |
| Official site | shadowworldinvestigations.org |
| Release date | 14 ottobre 2016 |
| Executive producer | Danny Glover, Sally Jo Fifer, David Menschel, Wilbur Leguebe, Matthew Palevsky, Jodie Evans, Susan Rockefeller, Donald Rubin, Michael J. Zak, Driss Benyaklef, Abigail Disney |
| Production | Joslyn Barnes, Signe Byrge Sørensen, Emmy Oost, Anadil Hossain, Burton Ritchie |
| Writer | Andrew Feinstein, Johan Grimonprez, Eduardo Galeano |
| Editing | |
| Cinematography | Nicole Mackinlay Hahn |
| Assistant directors | Sarah d'Hanens, Johan Grimonprez |
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| Camera operators | Nicole Mackinlay Hahn |
| Additional photography | Nicole Mackinlay Hahn |
| Production design | Harold Moss |
| Art direction | Harold Moss |
| Set decoration | Harold Moss |
| Music | Karsten Fundal, Sylvia Menno, Bill Chesley, Nancie Stern, Josh Berger, Darrell R. Smith, Allan Zaleski |
| Sound | Karsten Fundal, Sylvia Menno, Bill Chesley, Nancie Stern, Josh Berger, Darrell R. Smith, Allan Zaleski |
Release dates
Premiere
United Kingdom / Jun 24, 2016 / Edinburgh International Film Festival
Netherlands / Nov 17, 2016 / International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam
Poland / May 13, 2017 / Docs Against Gravity Film Festival
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South Korea / Aug 25, 2017 / 15 / 2017 EIDF
Theatrical release
United States / Oct 14, 2016
TV
Netherlands / Apr 19, 2017 / 9 / NPO 2
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