Richard Clarke

The onset of the 21st Century will be an era in which the very nature of what it means to be human will be both enriched and challenged as our species breaks the shackles of its genetic legacy and achieves inconceivable heights of intelligence, material progress, and longevity. While the social and philosophical ramifications of these changes will be profound, and the threats they pose considerable, celebrated futurist Ray Kurzweil presents a view of the coming age that is both a dramatic culmination of centuries of technological ingenuity and a genuinely inspiring vision of our ultimate destiny.

Ce film analyse de manière détaillée et documentée comment l'empire médiatique du magnat australo-américain Rupert Murdoch, mené par la chaîne d'information continue Fox News, et à travers ses programmes et ses journaux télévisés, met en place un système visant à manipuler l'opinion des trois quarts de la planète.

Alors que la population américaine assiste, médusée, aux attentats du 11 Septembre, les autorités américaines s'affairent pour prendre les décisions qui s'imposent face à la situation. Ce document suit en particulier, presque minute par minute, les déplacements et les résolutions prises par le président George W. Bush et par Rudolph Giuliani, le maire de New York. Des images d'archives et des interviews de membres de leur entourage, comme le vice-président Dick Cheney, ou Andrew Card, le chef de cabinet du président, permettent de reconstituer précisément les événements.

Even though Richard Clarke was the one who repeatedly warned against Al Qaeda, he was perhaps the only member of the administration who took responsibility for the lack of preparedness for the 9/11 attack. His famous testimony "your government failed you, I failed you" was followed by an apology to the families of the victims, and moved the world. In a new film by award-winning director Michele Ohayon, former counter-terrorism czar Clarke sharply demystifies the role of government and how we can take control over its actions. The film looks at the U.S. and the world, bringing new hopes and roads to avoid future failures. It also brings to the surface hidden threats that must be addressed immediately, and makes transparent the role of Government towards the individual.

This two-part, four-hour look at the life and presidency of George W. Bush features interviews with historians, journalists and several members of the president’s inner circle. Part One chronicles Bush’s unorthodox road to the White House. The once wild son of a political dynasty, few expected Bush to ascend to the presidency. Yet 36 days after the November 2000 election, Bush emerged the victor of the most hotly contested race in the nation's history. Little in the new president’s past could have prepared him for the events that unfolded on September 11, 2001. Thrust into the role of war president, Bush's response to the deadly terrorist attack would come to define a new era in American foreign policy. Part Two opens with the ensuing war in Iraq and continues through Bush’s second term, as the president confronts the devastating impact of Hurricane Katrina and the most serious financial crisis since the Great Depression.