Orwell Rolls in His Grave
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| Orwell Rolls in His Grave | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Robert Kane Pappas |
| Produced by | Robert Kane Pappas |
| Starring | Charles Lewis Robert McChesney Mark Crispin Miller Bernie Sanders and Danny Schechter |
| Music by | Chris Jagich |
| Cinematography | J. Alan Hostetter Robert Kane Pappas |
| Editing by | Robert Kane Pappas |
| Release date(s) | October 2003 (East Hampton Film Festival) July 23, 2004 (New York) April 13, 2005 (Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema) in Argentina |
| Running time | 84 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Orwell Rolls in His Grave is a 2003 documentary film written and directed by Robert Kane Pappas. Covered topics include the Telecommunications Act of 1996, concentration of media ownership, political corruption, Federal Communications Commission (FCC), the controversy over the US presidential election of 2000 (particularly in Florida with Bush v. Gore), and the October surprise conspiracy theory. The film has previously aired on Free Speech TV, a non-profit TV station based in Denver, Colorado and Link TV.[citation needed]
Contributors [edit]
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- Charles Lewis, Founder, Center for Public Integrity
- Robert W. McChesney, Professor, University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign
- Mark Crispin Miller, Author, Professor, New York University
- Bernie Sanders, Congressman from Vermont (I)
- Mark Lloyd, Visiting Professor M.I.T.
- Greg Palast, Investigative journalist
- Vincent Bugliosi, Attorney, Author
- Aurora Wallace, Associate Professor, New York University
- Michael Moore, Filmmaker, Author
- Danny Schechter, Filmmaker, Author
- John Nichols, Journalist/Columnist: Capitol Times, The Nation
- Peter Mitchelmore, Former Editor of the New York Post
- Jeff Cohen, Founder of FAIR (Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting)
- Tim Robbins, Actor, Director, Writer, Activist and Founder of The Actor’s Gang
- Dennis Kucinich, Congressman, Ohio (D); Presidential Candidate
- Maurice Hinchey, Congressman, New York (D)
- Tony Benn, Former Labour MP and Cabinet Minister
- Jim Ryan, Anchor, Good Day New York, FOX5
- Joe Klines, Producer, FOX5 News at 10, Atlanta
- Byron L. Dorgan, Senator, North Dakota (D)
- Tom Daschle, Senator, Minority Leader, South Dakota (D)
- Janine Jackson, FAIR Program Director
- Trent Lott, Senator, Mississippi (R)
- Michael K. Powell, (R) FCC Chairman
- Kathleen Q. Abernathy, (R) FCC Commissioner
- Michael J. Copps, (D) FCC Commissioner
- Andrew Schwartzman, Media Access Project
See also [edit]
- Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media
- Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's war on Journalism
- The medium is the message
