Hopefully, you have watched the acclaimed BAFTA-winning series from the BBC called The Power Of Nightmares. This was one of the most affecting pieces of documentary filmmaking EMERGE has ever seen.

Now filmmaker Adam Curtis is back with another three-part series for the BBC entitled The Trap: What Happened To Your Dream Of Freedom?, a similarly tough look at the socio-political foundations of Western society. Curtis' thesis is that "freedom" underpins so much of our notions of national and personal identity, yet there is little that is free at all. We live surrounded by social management systems in an unequal society. Using models developed during the cold war, "paranoid game theory" and models drawn from biology, anthropology, and econometrics, Curtis reveals new and subtle forms of control.

A bit frightening but absolutely riveting nonetheless, "The Trap" is must-see tv for anyone interested in the powers of persuasion, freedom and the changing dynamics of modern society.
If you don't live in England, some kind soul has put the first two episodes online as streaming files.
The third episode airs next Sunday, March 25 and should be online soon thereafter.
Check them out:
Part 1: F!@k You Buddy

Part 2: The Lonely Robot

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