Zeitgeist Films

For those unfamiliar with Naomi Klein, the journalist/author is a prominent social activist whose bookThe Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism (2007) inspired the 2009 Michael Winterbottom/Mat Whitecross film of (almost) the same name. That same film was featured (alongside Zeitgeist’s The Corporation) in indieWire’s list of ten docs to watch as a primer for Occupy Wall Street… and starting TODAY, the film (it’s just called The Shock Doctrine) is now available on DVD as a Kimstim/Zeitgeist release! Trailer for the film is here.

Klein’s site describes “shock doctrine” as: “… using the public’s disorientation following massive collective shocks - wars, terrorist attacks, or natural disasters - to achieve control by imposing economic shock therapy.” You can read the rest of her book’s synopsis on her site.

One more thing, a morale-boosting quote for the occupiers from Klein, who gave a speech on (and at) the Occupy Wall Street movement, ending with this: “Let’s treat this beautiful movement as if it is most important thing in the world. Because it is. It really is.”