Peter Jennings

Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media

Mark Achbar, Peter Wintonick

Noam Chomsky, Mark Achbar

A film about the noted American linguist/political dissident and his warning about corporate media's role in modern propaganda.

Peter Jennings Reporting: UFOs - Seeing Is Believing

Peter Jennings

UFOs: Seeing Is Believing is a two-hour American television special documentary film that aired on ABC on February 24, 2005. The program is narrated by Peter Jennings and features UFOs. It was produced by PJ Productions and Springs Media for ABC News. The documentary mentions: * UFO sightings (Kenneth Arnold sighting, Phoenix Lights, Illinois police "black triangle" sighting incident): features CSICOP scientific consultant James McGaha, Seth Shostak and Jill Tarter of the SETI Institute, J. Allen Hynek * the alleged Roswell UFO incident: features clips from Unsolved Mysteries and X-Files; Stanton Friedman * alien abductions: features clip from Taken; hypnotist Hopkins, psychologist Susan Clancy * space travel: features clips from Star Wars Episode 2 and Star Trek; Michio Kaku The documentary has since aired on the National Geographic Channel ([http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/channel/credits/ons2359.html credits]).

The Soul of America

KD Davison

Jon Meacham, John Lewis

Writer, journalist, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian and presidential biographer John Meacham offers his timely and invaluable insights into the country’s current political and historical moment by examining its past. Based on his 2018 bestseller of the same name.

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

Fred Peabody

I.F. Stone, Chris Hedges

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.

King Bibi

Dan Shadur

Alon Aboutboul, Yasser Arafat

Twenty years before the spectacle of Donald Trump, Benjamin Netanyahu already understood the political benefits of a toxic relationship with the media, and direct communication with the public. King Bibi explores Netanyahu's rise to power, relying solely on archival footage of his media performances over the years: from his days as a popular guest expert on American TV, through his public confession of adultery, and his mastery of the art of social media. From one studio to another, "Bibi" evolved from Israel's great political hope, to a controversial figure whom some perceive as Israel's savior, and others - as a cynical politician who will stop at nothing to retain his power.

Hiroshima: Why the Bomb Was Dropped

Peter Jennings

Peter Jennings takes a behind-the-scenes look at the Truman administration and the events that led to the atomic bombing of Japan in 1945. Includes footage of the incredible destruction, some of which has been kept secret for decades.

Peter Jennings Reporting The Search for Jesus

Peter Jennings

A serious news documentary examining the authenticity of the events in the life of Jesus.

Cola Wars

Rob Baskin, Katie Bayne

Traces the long and ferocious rivalry between Coke and Pepsi, centered on the "New Coke" debacle of 1985. For almost a hundred years, Coke had been the undisputed leader in the multibillion dollar global soda industry--stodgy, predictable, but indisputably top dog--while Pepsi had been the upstart No. 2, forever poking at its big brother with cutting edge advertising. But in 1985, in a stranger-than-fiction twist, Coca-Cola's executives took a step so daring that no one in either company could believe it: they changed the formula of the most popular beverage on the planet.

JFK II: The Bush Connection

John Hankey

John F. Kennedy, Walter Cronkite

Four part documentary about JFK's murder, and who had reasons and means to do it, and to escape. - Part 1: History is written by the winners. Part 2: Through the Looking Glass. Part 3: Who killed JFK?. Part 4: Deep History.

The Last Party

Mark Benjamin, Marc Levin

Ро́берт Да́уни мла́дший, Bill Clinton

A youthful perspective on the 1992 presidential campaign with a witty, cautionary message to young Americans to start participating in democracy or get the kind of government they deserve.

The Reagan Show

Sierra Pettengill, Pacho Velez

Ronald Reagan, Nancy Reagan

Comprised entirely of archival footage taken during those pre-reality-television years, The Reagan Show looks at how Ronald Reagan redefined the look and feel of what it means to be the POTUS.

Dark Legacy

John Hankey

Peter Jennings, John F. Kennedy

The death of John Kennedy is viewed through another angle in this conspiracy-themed film defending the theory that George Herbert Walker Bush was a key player in all aspects of the assassination of American president John F. Kennedy.