Manufacturing Ignorance
97 mins
Tobacco, climate change, pesticides,... Never has scientific knowledge seemed so vast, detailed and shared. And yet it appears to be increasingly challenged. It is no longer surprising to see private corporations put strategies in place to confuse the public debate and paralyze political decision-making. Overwhelmed by excess of information, how can we, as citizens, sort out fact from fiction? One by one, this film dismantles the workings of this clever manoeuvre that aims to turn science against itself. Thanks to declassified archives, graphic animations and testimonies from experts, lobbyists and politicians, this investigation plunges us into the science of doubt. Along with a team of experts (philosophers, economists, cognitive scientists, political men, or even agnotologists), we explore concrete examples of doubt making and try to understand the whole process and the issues behind it.
Pascal Vasselin
Narrator (voice)
Catherine Collinet
Herself (archive footage)
Steven Milloy
Himself (archive footage)
James M. Taylor
Himself
Jim Lakely
Himself
Pascal Vasselin
Director of Photography
Franck Cuveillier
Director
Pascal Vasselin
Director
Cécile Stephan
Assistant Editor
Filippos Vardakas
Assistant Director
Pascal Vasselin
Writer
Anastasios Gikas
Sound Recordist
Sven Jensen-Brakelman
Sound Recordist
Amandine Louis
Production Coordinator
Gaëlle Guyader
Producer
Mathias Girel
Co-Writer
Laurie Chevrot
Assistant Director
Louka Vasselin-Novaes
Additional Music
Anne-France Pelerin
Production Manager
Simon Gadrey
Post Production Coordinator
Andréa Beoletto
Production Assistant
Franck Cuveillier
Sound
Georges Lafitte
Mix Technician
Gwendal Ropars
Post Production Coordinator
Guillaume Quignard
Editor
Fabien Farrachi
Animation
Vanessa Colombel
Color Grading
Franck Cuveillier
Writer
Jean-Christophe Ribot
Co-Writer
Marion Papillon
Production Coordinator
Mathieu Charrière
Assistant Director