Adam Curtis
Biography: Adam Curtis (born 1955) is an award-winning British documentarian and writer. He has also worked as a television producer, director and narrator. He works for BBC Current Affairs. His programmes express a clear, albeit sometimes controversial, opinion about their subject.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: May 26, 1955
Deathday: N/A
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Known For
"Oh Dear"-ism II & Non-Linear War
2014-08-03
"Oh Dear"-ism II & Non-Linear War
Overview: Short film examining the global events of 2014 to reveal a chaotic morass, the reporting of which is increasingly difficult to comprehend in the context of the 24-hour news cycle and the internet. Screened during Charlie Brooker's 2014 Wipe special.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-08-03
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The Rise of “Oh Dear”-ism
2009-08-03
The Rise of “Oh Dear”-ism
Overview: Short film about how mainstream media simplify complex events and present them as "scattered terrible things happening everywhere, Oh Dear", leaving the public feeling powerless to do anything about them. Screened in the third episode of the first series of Charlie Brooker's Newswipe.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-08-03
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Paranoia
2010-08-03
Paranoia
Overview: Short film using the paranoia of Richard Nixon to explore how a similar outlook on life has been propagated on a larger social scale in the new media age and the resulting moral panics and immobilisation of politics. Screen during the fourth episode of the second series of Charlie Brooker's Newswipe.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-08-03
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HyperNormalisation
2016-10-25
HyperNormalisation
Overview: 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…
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-10-25
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Every Day Is Like Sunday
2011-07-27
Every Day Is Like Sunday
Overview: As we wait to see whether Rupert Murdoch will fall from power and lose control of News International, Every Day is Like Sunday tells the forgotten story of the dramatic downfall of Cecil King—the newspaper mogul who used to dominate British media in the 1960s, before Rupert Murdoch arrived.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-07-27
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Bitter Lake
2015-01-24
Bitter Lake
Overview: An experimental documentary that explores Saudi Arabia's relationship with the U.S. and the role this has played in the war in Afghanistan.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-01-24
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Modern Times: The Way of All Flesh
1997-03-19
Modern Times: The Way of All Flesh
Overview: In 1951, a woman died in Baltimore, U.S.A. She was called Henrietta Lacks. These are cells from her body. They were taken from her just before she died. They have been growing and multiplying ever since. There are now billions of these cells in laboratories around the world. If massed together, they would weigh 400 times her original weight. These cells have transformed modern medicine, but they also became caught up in the politics of our age.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-03-19
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MK Ultra
2020-04-02
MK Ultra
Overview: The Rosie Kay Dance Company present a piece about the strange history and pop-cultural aftermath of CIA mind control experiments during the Cold War, with documentary segments by Adam Curtis.
Genres: Music Documentary History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-04-02
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