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All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. Stone

All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. Stone

2016•1h 31m•7.3/10
Documentary

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7.3/10(18)

Vancouver-based filmmaker and TV news veteran Fred Peabody explores the life and legacy of the maverick American journalist I.F. Stone, whose long one-man crusade against government deception lives on in the work of such contemporary filmmakers and journalists as Laura Poitras, Glenn Greenwald, David Corn, and Matt Taibbi.

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Canada Media Fund | Fonds des médias du Canada, FMC Productions, Super Channel

Language

EN

Status

Released

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Cast

I. F. Stone

Self - Investigative Journalist (archive footage)

Chris Hedges

Self - Former Correspondent, The New York Times

Leslie Moonves

Leslie Moonves

Self - President of CBS (voice) (archive footage)

Jeff Cohen

Self - Founding Director, Park Center for Independent Media

Matt Taibbi

Matt Taibbi

Self - Contributing Editor, Rolling Stone Magazine

John Carlos Frey

Self - Independent Journalist

Colin Powell

Colin Powell

Self (archive footage)

Henry Kissinger

Henry Kissinger

Self (archive footage)

Ralph Nader

Ralph Nader

Self - Author and Political Activist

Amy Goodman

Amy Goodman

Self - Host and Executive Producer, Democracy Now!

Jeremy Scahill

Jeremy Scahill

Self - Co-founder, The Intercept

Erin McLaughlin

Self - Reporter, CNN (archive footage)

Glenn Greenwald

Glenn Greenwald

Self - Co-founder, The Intercept

Edward Snowden

Edward Snowden

Self (archive footage)

Laura Poitras

Laura Poitras

Self - Co-founder, The Intercept (archive footage)

Carl Bernstein

Carl Bernstein

Self - Investigative Journalist - Co-author, All the President's Men

Noam Chomsky

Noam Chomsky

Self - Professor Emeritus, MIT

Nermeen Shaikh

Self - Senior Producer and Co-host - Democracy Now!

Sharif Abdel Kouddous

Self - Independent Journalist

Lori Baker

Self - Forensic Archaeologist

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