2002
55 Mins
1-893521-78-8
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English
Ammo for the Info Warrior
A Guerilla News Network Production
Synopsis
"Information is the ultimate weapon," this program proclaims. Based in New York City, Guerrilla News Network (GNN) is an independent news organization with a mission to expose young people to important global news and information free from corporate filters, through programming on the Web and on TV. GNN's news videos are 5 to 10 minute documentaries combining high-impact images, commentary by media experts, scholars, and political leaders with music cuts by top recording artists like Peter Gabriel and the Beastie Boys.
Ammo for the Info Warrior features nine of GNN's most compelling news videos -- covering a range of stories, from the violent diamond trade in Sierra Leone to the PR industry's manipulation of public opinion to slam poetry about the business of hip-hop. The collection includes Crack the CIA, a controversial video examining CIA complicity in drug trafficking.
This innovative educational tool introduces serious socio-political issues to a generation brought up on MTV and will serve as an ideal catalyst for discussion and debate, encouraging students to develop skills in critical thinking.
Short Films: Countdown: Ralph Nader Remix on Politics, Big Business, the Media System & Democracy | Crack the CIA | The War Conspiracy | When the Smoke Clears | The Most Dangerous Game | The Diamond Life | 9-11 Redux | John Stauber: Stealing the Spin from the PR Industry | Robert Sterling: Guerilla Warfare in the Information Age
Release Date:2002
Duration:55 Mins
ISBN:1-893521-78-8
Subtitles:English
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Filmmaker Credits
Producer
Josh Shore
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Editor & Designer
Stephen Marshall
Console Design
Dan Smith
Score
19.5 Collective
Filmmaker Biographies
Guerrilla News Network
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Organization
Guerrilla News Network is an independent news organization with headquarters in New York City and production facilities in Berkeley, California. GNN's mission is to expose people to important global issues through cross-platform guerrilla programming.
Stephen Marshall
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Editor, Designer
A writer and award-winning director, Stephen Marshall is the internationally-known creator of Channel Zero, the world's first global VHS newsmagazine. Distributed in Tower, Virgin and HMV record stores around the world, Channel Zero became an underground hit and one of the first successes of the small-format video revolution. In 1997, Marshall produced the provocative series The Electronic Eye: Canada as a Surveillance Society for the CBC's The National and consulted CNN Chairman Tom Johnson on the creation of a youth-based global news network. Since co-founding Guerrilla News Network in the summer of 2000, Stephen has directed over 15 short documentaries, many of which have been selected for film festivals around the world. In 2002, his Crack the CIA won its category at the Sundance Film Festival. Later that year, he was tapped by Interscope Records to direct animated videos for rappers Eminem and 50 Cent. In 2004, he wrapped production on two feature films: BattleGround: 21 Days on the Empire's Edge, a doc feature he shot, directed and edited about the American occupation of Iraq, and This Revolution, a political thriller starring Rosario Dawson, set at the 2004 Republican National Convention in New York. His first book, True Lies, co-authored with GNN's Anthony Lappe was published by Penguin/Plume in October 2004.
Film Festivals
Official Selection
2002 Sundance Online Film Festival
2002 Sundance Online Film Festival
Awards
Best Live Action Award, Crack the CIA • 2002 Sundance Online Film Festival