War Made Easy (2007)

Name: War Made Easy
Director: Loretta Alper
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2007-08-23
Duration: 1 h 12 min
Cast: Sean Penn

Documentary

Director: Loretta Alper

Cast: Sean Penn

Runtime72 min

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War Made Easy reaches into the Orwellian memory hole to expose a 50-year pattern of government deception and media spin that has dragged the United States into one war after another from Vietnam to Iraq. revealing in stunning detail how the American news media have uncritically disseminated the pro-war messages of successive presidential administrations.

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War Made Easy from 2007 directed by Loretta Alper is a powerful documentary that exposes the patterns of government deception and media spin that have led the US into countless wars over the past 50 years. Featuring insightful commentary from actor Sean Penn, this film offers a critical and eye-opening look at the troubling relationship between those in power and the press.

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War Made Easy: How Presidents & Pundits Keep Spinning Us to Death is a 2007 American anti-war documentary film written and directed by Loretta Alper and Jeremy Earp, based on the book of the same name by Norman Solomon. The film is produced by Alper and narrated by Sean Penn. It premiered in New York City on May 14, 2007, before a limited release on August 24, 2007.