The Power of Nightmares (2004)
The Power of Nightmares (2004)
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Where to Watch.
Currently The Power of Nightmares is available for streaming online, rent, buy or watch for free on: Sky Go
Streaming in:🇬🇧 United Kingdom
This TV Show Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Gilles Kepel
Self - Historian of Islamist Movement
William Kristol
Self
William Kristol
Self
Melvin Goodman
Self - Head of Office of Soviet Affairs CIA 1976-87
Melvin Goodman
Self - Head of Office of Soviet Affairs CIA 1976-87
Richard Perle
Self
Michael Ledeen
Self
Fouad Allam
Himself
Stephen Holmes
Self - Political Philosopher
Abdullah Anas
Himself
Azzam Tamimi
Self - Institute of Islamic Political Thought
Milton Bearden
Himself
Mikhail Gorbachev
Self - General Secretary Soviet Communist Party
Vincent Cannistraro
Himself
Joe Conason
Self - Author 'The Hunting of the President'
Anne Cahn
Herself
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The Power of Nightmares: The Rise of the Politics of Fear is a BBC television documentary series by Adam Curtis. It mainly consists of archive footage, with Curtis narrating. The series was originally broadcast in the United Kingdom in 2004. It has subsequently been aired in multiple countries and shown at various film festivals, including the 2005 Cannes Film Festival.
The film compares the rise of the neoconservative movement in the United States and the radical Islamist movement, drawing comparisons between their origins, and remarking on similarities between the two groups. More controversially, it argues that radical Islamism as a massive, sinister organisation, specifically in the form of al-Qaeda, is a myth, or noble lie, perpetrated by leaders of many countries—and particularly neoconservatives in the U.S.—in a renewed attempt to unite and inspire their people after the ultimate failure of utopian ideas.
The Power of Nightmares was praised by film critics in Britain and the United States. Its message and content have also been the subject of various critiques and criticisms from conservatives and progressives.