Matthew Alford
Matthew Alford is a British writer and producer.
Journalism
Alford has written feature articles for The Guardian,[1] New Statesman,[2] Independent,[3] Filmfax,[4] Fortean Times,[5] and Morning Star.[6] Subjects have included feature films, pop music, censorship, PR, UFOs, conspiracy theories, and Noam Chomsky.
In 2019, RT reported that Alford's feature about omissions in mainstream media coverage of Western foreign policy was itself dropped by the commissioning magazine on the morning it was due to emerge. The magazine was left unnanmed. The piece appeared later across alternative media with an explanation of the edits that had been demanded.[7][8][9]
Films
In 2014, Alford produced The Writer with No Hands, a documentary that followed his research into the 1997 disappearance of Hollywood screenwriter Gary Devore.[10][11]
The Media Education Foundation is cited as distributor for Theatres of Command, a documentary co-produced by Alford and based on a 2017 book National Security Cinema he co-authored about the role of the US military and CIA in re-writing film and TV.[12]
Appearances
He appeared on an extended interview for Le Media[13] and as a talking head for features by Al Jazeera,[14] RT,[15][16] Canal Plus, and CBC.[17]
In 2020, he performed a solo stage version of The Writer with No Hands at the Edinburgh Free Fringe online and played himself as a "mediocre stand-up comedian" in a short docufiction in which he is recruited by MI5 to kidnap the US President.[18]
Books
- Reel Power: Hollywood Cinema and American Supremacy. London: Pluto Press, 2010. ISBN 9780745329826.[19]
- 2018. Expanded French edition by Editions Critiques.
- The Writer with No Hands (2016).
- National Security Cinema: The Shocking New Evidence of Government Control in Hollywood (CreateSpace, 2017). With Tom Secker.
- 2020. Expanded French edition by Investig'Action.
- Union Jackboot: What Your Media and Professors Don't Tell You About British Foreign Policy (CreateSpace, 2018). With T.J Coles.
References
- ^ "Matthew Alford - The Guardian". The Guardian.
- ^ "Writers". www.newstatesman.com.
- ^ "Matthew Alford". The Independent.
- ^ "FILMFAX #124 - Magazine". www.creepyclassics.com.
- ^ "FT266 - FT Covers". ft.gjovaag.com., {{Cite web|url=http://ft.gjovaag.com/w/FT248%7Ctitle=FT248 - FT Covers|website=ft.gjovaag.com
- ^ https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/f/fake-news-we-should-really-fear
- ^ "How the Western media support state terror – while millions die | Peace News". www.peacenews.info.
- ^ https://nexusmagazine.com/product/volume-27-number-1-downloadable/
- ^ "Les auteurs critiques de la presse mainstream peinent à être publiés | WatsupEurope - Europe's Latest News & Entertainment Platform".
- ^ https://www.vice.com/en_uk/article/gq95k9/the-writer-with-no-hands-gary-devore-matthew-alford Vice Magazine
- ^ White, Mike. "Special Report: The Writer with No Hands (2017)".
- ^ Bogle, Charles. ""National Security Cinema: The Shocking New Evidence of Government Control in Hollywood"—How the US military and CIA go about their propaganda operations". www.wsws.org.
- ^ https://video.lemediatv.fr/videos/watch/c5fbc9aa-dae6-476b-8b17-553656212d71
- ^ "Covert operations: How the CIA works with Hollywood". www.aljazeera.com.
- ^ "Noel Edmonds on City corruption & Dr. Alford on US intelligence-Hollywood collusion (E590)". RT. 19 March 2018. Retrieved 2 June 2020.
- ^ "La Grande Interview : Matthew Alford". RT en Français.
- ^ https://www.cbc.ca/radiointeractives/mythsonscreen
- ^ "The Feelgood Film of the Apocalypse: An Interview with Derek Swannson – Star & Crescent".
- ^ "Book review: Reel Power". www.scotsman.com. Retrieved 9 May 2019.
