Shadows of Liberty (2012): cast, story & where to watch

Released in 2012, Shadows of Liberty is a documentary film directed by Jean-Philippe Tremblay, running about 93 minutes.

What it’s about. Shadows of Liberty presents the phenomenal true story of today's disintegrating freedoms within the U.S. media, and government, that they don't want you to see. The film takes an intrepid journey through the darker corridors of the American media landscape, where global media conglomerates exercise extraordinary political, social, and economic power. The overwhelming collective power of these firms raises troubling questions about democracy. Highly revealing interviews, actuality, and archive material, tell insider accounts of a broken media system, where journalists are prevented from pursuing controversial news stories, people are censored for speaking out against abuses of government power, and individual lives are shattered as the arena for public expression has been turned into a private profit zone

Who’s in it. Shadows of Liberty stars Julian Assange as Self, Danny Glover as Self, Charlie Rose as Self - PBS talk-show host (archive footage) and David Simon as Self, among others.

How it landed. With an audience score of 6.1/10, Shadows of Liberty has drawn a solid, mixed-to-positive response.

Where to watch. In US you can stream it on DocuramaFilms Amazon Channel and rent or buy it from Google Play Movies, YouTube and Fandango At Home. See the full, country-by-country breakdown on our where to watch Shadows of Liberty page.

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