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Hijacking Catastrophe

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| director = Jeremy Earp
Sut Jhally

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| narrator = Julian Bond

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Hijacking Catastrophe: 9/11, Fear & the Selling of American Empire is a 2004 documentary film narrated by Julian Bond and directed by Jeremy Earp and Sut Jhally. It examines the possibility that neoconservatives used the September 11 attacks to usher in a new doctrine of expanding American power through military force under the guise of a "war on terror" and that the doctrine, known as the Project for the New American Century (PNAC),Encyclopedia of Social Movement Media, Edited by John D. H. Downing [https://books.google.com/books?id=WcF1AwAAQBAJ&dq=%22Hijacking+Catastrophe%22&pg=PA322 Page 322]The New Yorker, Volume 82, Issues 27-35 [https://books.google.com/books?id=0pMeAQAAMAAJ&q=%22Hijacking+Catastrophe%22PNAC Page 5]Progressive Hollywood: A People's Film History of the United States, By Ed Rampell [https://books.google.com/books?id=0X2oeDjwcicC&dq=%22Hijacking+Catastrophe%22&pg=PA247 Page 247] had been laid out prior to 9/11 by its authors, which include Dick Cheney, Paul Wolfowitz, Donald Rumsfeld, Jeb Bush, and Dan Quayle.

Summary

The film maintains that fear of terrorism was manipulated to support goals which are in step with the PNAC; namely the overthrow of Saddam Hussein.The New Yorker, Volume 82, Issues 27-35 [https://books.google.com/books?id=0pMeAQAAMAAJ&q=%22Hijacking+Catastrophe%22PNAC Page 5]Progressive Hollywood: A People's Film History of the United States, By Ed Rampell [https://books.google.com/books?id=0X2oeDjwcicC&dq=%22Hijacking+Catastrophe%22&pg=PA247 Page 247] Not just for control of regional strategic resources (natural gas and oil), but to reassert American dominance on the world stage as a warning to potential adversaries.Encyclopedia of Social Movement Media, Edited by John D. H. Downing [https://books.google.com/books?id=WcF1AwAAQBAJ&dq=%22Hijacking+Catastrophe%22&pg=PA322 Page 322] Interviews were conducted with critics such as Noam Chomsky and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Jody Williams. It also interviews policy analysts, military brass, journalists, insider observations from Chief UN Weapons Inspector Scott Ritter and Pentagon whistleblower Lt. Colonel Karen Kwiatkowski.

The historical context of the "Bush Doctrine" is examined and compared to Wolfowitz's PNAC philosophy. The film goes on to look at the "selling of American empire" and the possible economical, social, cultural and political implications it will have in America, and on the world if implemented further during Bush's second term.

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External links

  • [http://www.hijackingcatastrophe.org/ Hijacking Catastrophe - Official Website]
  • [http://www.mediaed.org/ Media Education Foundation]
  • {{IMDb title|0419806|Hijacking Catastrophe}}
  • {{Rotten Tomatoes|hijacking_catastrophe_9_11_fear_the_selling_of_american_empire|Hijacking Catastrophe}}

Category:2004 films

Category:2004 documentary films

Category:American documentary films

Category:Documentary films about American politics

Category:Documentary films about the September 11 attacks

Category:2000s American films