Dennis Kucinich

Are we all brainwashed or have we lost our minds? This film is a history of subliminal messaging in America. A FilmBuff Presentation.

According to many authorities, since the late 1950's subliminal content has been tested and delivered through all forms of media, at an increasingly alarming rate. Programming the Nation? examines the purported uses, influences and potential subconscious side-effects of what's going on beneath the surface of advertising, film, music and political propaganda. This socially relevant documentary not only traces the history of this phenomenon, but seeks to determine the validity and potential threat that may or may not exist. Are we all part of an elaborate scheme which has been programming the nation? Decide for yourself... A FilmBuff Presentation.

According to many authorities, since the late 1950's subliminal content has been tested and delivered through all forms of media, at an increasingly alarming rate. Programming the Nation? examines the purported uses, influences and potential subconscious side-effects of what's going on beneath the surface of advertising, film, music and political propaganda.

Meticulously tracing the process by which media has distorted and often dismissed actual news events, this film presents a riveting and eloquent mix of media professionals and leading intellectual voices on the media. Among Pappas’ subjects in Orwell Rolls In His Grave are Charles Lewis, director of the Center for Public Integrity, Robert McChesney, media historian and author, Vincent Bugliosi, former L.A. prosecutor and legal scholar, film director Michael Moore, Rep. Bernie Sanders, Danny Schechter, former producer for ABC and CNN, and Tony Benn, formerly of the British Parliament.