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All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. Stone

All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. Stone

20167.31h 31m

Overview

Vancouver-based filmmaker and TV news veteran Fred Peabody explores the life and legacy of the maverick American journalist I.F. Stone, whose long one-man crusade against government deception lives on in the work of such contemporary filmmakers and journalists as Laura Poitras, Glenn Greenwald, David Corn, and Matt Taibbi.

Directed by Fred Peabody
Produced by Jeff Cohen, Andrew Munger, Steve Ord
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Top Cast

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I. F. Stone

Self - Investigative Journalist (archive footage)

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Chris Hedges

Self - Former Correspondent, The New York Times

Leslie Moonves

Leslie Moonves

Self - President of CBS (voice) (archive footage)

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Jeff Cohen

Self - Founding Director, Park Center for Independent Media

Matt Taibbi

Matt Taibbi

Self - Contributing Editor, Rolling Stone Magazine

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John Carlos Frey

Self - Independent Journalist

Colin Powell

Colin Powell

Self (archive footage)

Henry Kissinger

Henry Kissinger

Self (archive footage)

Ralph Nader

Ralph Nader

Self - Author and Political Activist

Amy Goodman

Amy Goodman

Self - Host and Executive Producer, Democracy Now!

Themes & Keywords

journalistgovernmentdeceptionmilitaryinvestigative journalist

About All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. Stone

All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. Stone is a documentary film released in 2016 exploring themes of journalist, government, deception, military, investigative journalist. Directed by Fred Peabody, it stars I. F. Stone, Chris Hedges, Leslie Moonves. Vancouver-based filmmaker and TV news veteran Fred Peabody explores the life and legacy of the maverick American journalist I.F. Stone, whose long one-man crusade against government deception lives on in the work of such contemporary filmmakers and journalists as Laura Poitras, Glenn Greenwald, David Corn, and Matt Taibbi.

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