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)

Ana Soto

Herself

Steven Milloy

Himself (archive footage)

Jim Lakely

Himself

Frederick Singer

Himself (archive footage)

Morton Downey, Jr.

Himself (archive footage)

Pascal Vasselin

Director of Photography

Cécile Stephan

Assistant Editor

Filippos Vardakas

Assistant Director

Anastasios Gikas

Sound Recordist

Sven Jensen-Brakelman

Sound Recordist

Amandine Louis

Production Coordinator

Mathias Girel

Co-Writer

Laurie Chevrot

Assistant Director

Louka Vasselin-Novaes

Additional Music

Anne-France Pelerin

Production Manager

Simon Gadrey

Post Production Coordinator

Julien Jaouen

Original Music Composer

Andréa Beoletto

Production Assistant

Georges Lafitte

Mix Technician

Gwendal Ropars

Post Production Coordinator

Vanessa Colombel

Color Grading

Marion Papillon

Production Coordinator

Mathieu Charrière

Assistant Director

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