Project Censored the Movie

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Project Censored the Movie: Ending The Reign of Junkfood News
Directed byChris Oscar
Doug Hecker
Written byChris Oscar
Doug Hecker
Produced byChris Oscar
Doug Hecker
Starring Noam Chomsky, Howard Zinn, Michael Parenti, Greg Palast, Oliver Stone, Daniel Ellsberg, Peter Kuznick, Cynthia McKinney, Nora Barrows-Friedman, John Perkins, Jonah Raskin, Khalil Bendib, Abby Martin, Carl Jensen, Peter Phillips, Mickey Huff, Andy Lee Roth, Kevin Danaher
CinematographyDan Shimer
Mike Fischer
Edited byMike Fischer
Release date
Running time
60 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Project Censored the Movie: Ending The Reign of Junkfood News is a 2013 documentary film about the news media in the United States written and directed by Christopher Oscar and Doug Hecker. [1] The film is based on the work by Project Censored, a media organization at Sonoma State University that publishes under-reported news stories. [2] It was released in April 2013 at the Sonoma International Film Festival. [3]

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References

  1. Beck, John. (April 4, 2013). 'Project Censored' on film Archived 2014-03-10 at the Wayback Machine . The Press Democrat.
  2. Catanzaro, Kira (April 4, 2013). Project Censored The Movie: Taking a stand against "junk food news" Archived 2014-03-15 at archive.today . Sonoma Valley Sun.
  3. Loceff, Jenna. (April 24, 2013). Fit to Print. Bohemian.

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