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Shadow World

20167.4 / 1094 min

Documentary, History

Overview

Inside the global arms trade

A detailed investigation into the political and economic interests that, since the beginning of the 20th century, have pulled the strings of the arms trade, hidden in the shadows, feeding the shameful corruption of politicians and government officials and promoting a state of permanent war throughout the world, while they cynically asked for a lasting and universal peace.

Cast

Andrew Feinstein

Self - Arms Industry Expert

David Leigh

Self - Journalist

Helen Garlick

Self - British Prosecutor

Riccardo Privitera

Self - Arms Dealer

Pierre Sprey

Self - Former Defense Analyst

Vijay Prashad

Self - Journalist

Jeremy Scahill

Self - Investigative Journalist

Marta Benavides

Self - Peace Activist

Chris Hedges

Self - Journalist

James Der Derian

Self - Political Scientist

Michael Hardt

Self - Political Philosopher

Franklin C. Spinney

Self - Former Military Analyst

Cynthia McKinney

Self - Politician

Robert Fisk

Self - Journalist

Clare Short

Self - Politician

David Lawley-Wakelin

Self - Filmmaker

Muntazer Al-Zaidi

Self - Journalist

Lawrence Wilkerson

Self - Former US Army Colonel

Trita Parsi

Self - Political Analyst

Wesley Clark

Self - Former US Military

Eduardo Galeano

Self - Stories Narrator (voice)

Jeremy Rifkin

Self - Writer (voice)

Harris Yulin

Smedley D. Butler (voice)

Barack Obama

Self - Politician (archive footage)

Henry Williamson

Self - WWI Veteran (archive footage)

George Ashurst

Self - WWI Veteran (voice) (archive footage)

Margaret Thatcher

Self - Politician (archive footage)

Ronald Reagan

Self - Politician (archive footage)

Bandar bin Sultan

Self - Politician (archive footage)

Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom

Self (archive footage)

Mark Thatcher

Self - Businessman (archive footage)

Richard Evans

Self - BAE Chairman (archive footage)

Milton Friedman

Self - Economist (archive footage)

Frances Fox Piven

Self - Political Scientist (archive footage)

Jack Brooks

Self - Politician (archive footage)

Robert McFarlane

Self - US NS Advisor (archive footage)

Dick Cheney

Self - Politician (archive footage)

George H. W. Bush

Self - Politician (archive footage)

George W. Bush

Self - Politician (archive footage)

Donald Rumsfeld

Self - Politician (archive footage)

Colin Powell

Self - Politician (archive footage)

Karl Rove

Self - Political Advisor (archive footage)

Saddam Hussein

Self - Politician (archive footage)

Tony Blair

Self - Politician (archive footage)

Nelson Mandela

Self - Politician (archive footage)

Thabo Mbeki

Self - Politician (archive footage)

Samuel Perlo-Freeman

Self - Defense Economist (archive footage)

Richard Nixon

Self - Politician (voice) (archive footage)

Henry Kissinger

Self - Politician (voice) (archive footage)

Dennis Kucinich

Self - Politician (archive footage)

John Bolton

Self - US Diplomat (archive footage)

Seymour Hersh

Self - Journalist (archive footage)

Medea Benjamin

Self - Activist (archive footage)

Hillary Clinton

Self - Politician (archive footage)

Benjamin Netanyahu

Self - Politician (archive footage)

Larry King

Self - Journalist (archive footage)

Osama bin Laden

Self - al-Qaeda Leader (archive fotage)

Shir Hever

Self - Economist (archive footage)

Mohammad Javad Zarif

Self - Politician (archive footage)

Adel Al-Jubeir

Self - Saudi Diplomat (archive footage)

Vladimir Putin

Self - Politician (archive footage)

Xi Jinping

Self - Politician (archive footage)

Crew

Nicole Mackinlay Hahn

Director of Photography

Maarten Janssens

Additional Editing

Johan Grimonprez

Director