http://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/frank-capra/182074?rss=object The latest on Frank Capra TV Guide RSS Publishing Engine V 1.0 http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification 1440 http://www.tvguide.com/images/tvg_rss_logo.gif http://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/frank-capra/182074?rss=object http://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/frank-capra/tv-listings/182074 <em>Sat Dec 13 08:00 PM</em> NBC http://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/frank-capra/tv-listings/182074 Sat, 13 Dec 2008 20:00:00 -0500 <em>Sat Dec 13 08:00 PM</em> NBC http://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/frank-capra/tv-listings/182074 <em>Sat Dec 13 12:00 PM</em> TCM http://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/frank-capra/tv-listings/182074 Sat, 13 Dec 2008 12:00:00 -0500 <em>Sat Dec 13 12:00 PM</em> TCM http://video.tvguide.com/ID/355373?rss=object <p><a href="http://video.tvguide.com/ID/355373?rss=object"><img align="left" border="0" src="http://o.aolcdn.com/dims-photohub/dims/MOVS/5/96/72/100/http://thumbnail.search.aolcdn.com/onstream/00290000/00290135/sckf/0000000000/0000067450.jpg" width="60" height="45" alt="'Why We Fight' - Trailer No. 1" style="margin:0 5px 5px" /></a>During World War II, the U.S. government commissioned a series of propaganda films (some directed by Frank Capra) entitled 'Why We Fight.' Now, filmmaker Eugene Jarecki turns that premise on its head, using the same title to take an incisive, unflinching look at the convention of warfare. Using as his starting point Dwight D. Eisenhower's declaration that a responsible government "must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex," Jarecki charges that in the current political climate, the government's ambitions -- stated or otherwise -- in going to war are often starkly different from the best interests of its citizens. Why do we lack the sense of wartime purpose that previous generations proudly upheld? How large a role do political and corporate agendas play in influencing a U.S. call to arms? These questions and more are addressed in a powerful film that transcends polemical scapegoating, forcing us to confront a new brand of imperi</p> AOL Moviefone http://video.tvguide.com/ID/355373?rss=object Thu, 15 Nov 2007 06:15:23 -0500 <p><a href="http://video.tvguide.com/ID/355373?rss=object"><img align="left" border="0" src="http://o.aolcdn.com/dims-photohub/dims/MOVS/5/96/72/100/http://thumbnail.search.aolcdn.com/onstream/00290000/00290135/sckf/0000000000/0000067450.jpg" width="60" height="45" alt="'Why We Fight' - Trailer No. 1" style="margin:0 5px 5px" /></a>During World War II, the U.S. government commissioned a series of propaganda films (some directed by Frank Capra) entitled 'Why We Fight.' Now, filmmaker Eugene Jarecki turns that premise on its head, using the same title to take an incisive, unflinching look at the convention of warfare. Using as his starting point Dwight D. Eisenhower's declaration that a responsible government "must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex," Jarecki charges that in the current political climate, the government's ambitions -- stated or otherwise -- in going to war are often starkly different from the best interests of its citizens. Why do we lack the sense of wartime purpose that previous generations proudly upheld? How large a role do political and corporate agendas play in influencing a U.S. call to arms? These questions and more are addressed in a powerful film that transcends polemical scapegoating, forcing us to confront a new brand of imperi</p> 'Why We Fight' - Trailer No. 1