Wikileaks' Manning Curiously Missing from Greenwald's Doc About the United States Government's Attacks on Whistleblowers In 2006, after getting stonewalled in his effort to expose critical flaws in the Deepwater program (designed to modernize the Coast Guard fleet), former Lockheed Martin project manager Michael DeKort made his case in a YouTube video. Only then did the issue get noticed, leading to improvements in Coast Guard safety. Pictured above: Thomas Drake, one of the whistleblowers featured in the documentary. It also led to DeKort spending years defending himself from those trying to discredit him. Indeed, this is where Greenwald’s film cashes in on what little indignation it generates. A lone civilian is seemingly no match against deep-pocketed forces that will do anything to protect their interests, even if -- especially if -- the whistleblower’s claims are accurate. Towards the end of the film, Thomas Drake, the former Nsa senior executive...
- 4/13/2013
- by Gary Lloyd
- Alt Film Guide
The social justice media organization, Brave New Films, has launched a new Hulu channel featuring the investigative films of director Robert Greenwald. With groundbreaking works such as “Walmart: The High Cost of Low Price,” “Iraq for Sale: The War Profiteers,” and “Koch Brothers Exposed,” Brave New Films delivers politically-themed content to Hulu just in time for the election year debates. “Our documentaries explore issues related to our country’s democracy, foreign policy, and the economy,” said Greenwald, who is the founder and president of Brave New Films. “We are thrilled to offer these films on Hulu, and to bring this information to such a broad audience at such a crucial time.” Additionally, Brave New Films plans to adapt content from their Latino-themed project “Cuéntame” (Spanish for “count me”, or “tell me your story”) for Hulu Latino (hululatino.com). Cuéntame started two years as an on-line community for Latinos on Facebook,...
- 10/2/2012
- by THE DEADLINE TEAM
- Deadline TV
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