

They know we know they lie
We live in a world where the powerful deceive us. We know they lie. They know we know they lie. They do not care. We say we care, but we do nothing, and nothing ever changes. It is normal. Welcome to the post-truth world. How we got to where we are now…
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Epic, contemporary, prestige and spare.
- intimateepic
- contemporarynostalgic
- unpretentiousprestige
- sparerichly built
- warmbleak
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Cast
- Adam CurtisSelf - Narrator (voice)
- Donald TrumpSelf (archive footage)
- Vladimir PutinSelf (archive footage)
- Ronald ReaganSelf (archive footage)
- Henry KissingerSelf (archive footage)
- Gordon BrownSelf (archive footage)
- Jane FondaSelf (archive footage)
- Ivana TrumpSelf (archive footage)
- Benjamin NetanyahuSelf (archive footage)
- Tony BlairSelf (archive footage)
Crew
- Adam CurtisDirector
- Adam CurtisWriter
- Sandra GorelProducer
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