{"id":4762,"date":"2012-04-30T02:01:17","date_gmt":"2012-04-30T06:01:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/?p=4762"},"modified":"2014-05-26T23:44:43","modified_gmt":"2014-05-27T03:44:43","slug":"film-shadows-of-liberty-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/?p=4762","title":{"rendered":"Film: Shadows of Liberty (2012)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>Return to: <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\">Home <\/a>\/\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/?page_id=6\">Blu-ray, DVD, Film Reviews<\/a> \/ <\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/?page_id=633\">S<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/ShadowsOfLiberty_poster_s.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-4763\" title=\"ShadowsOfLiberty_poster_s\" src=\"http:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/ShadowsOfLiberty_poster_s.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"120\" height=\"168\" \/><\/a>Film: Excellent\/ DVD Transfer: n\/a\/ DVD Extras: n\/a<\/p>\n<p>Label: n\/a\u00a0\/ Region: n\/a\u00a0\/\u00a0Released: n\/a<\/p>\n<p>Genre: Documentary \/ HotDocs<\/p>\n<p>Synopsis: Disturbing chronology of how freedom of the press in America has become more  stifled due to the subjective needs of a handful of controlling media  conglomerates.<\/p>\n<p>Special Features: n\/a<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Review:<\/p>\n<p>Writer \/ director Jean-Philippe Tremblay\u2019s constructed a highly persuasive  chronology of how America\u2019s hallowed tenet of a free, unbiased press \u2013 enshrined  in the U.S. Constitution \u2013 is on its way to a minor clause.<\/p>\n<p>Critics will likely brand the film as socialist propaganda, but Tremblay  swiftly builds his case using publicized incidents where a journalist\u2019s freedom  to investigate and report the truth was quashed, ridiculed, or suppressed.  Articulate testimonies by the affected \u2013 including former CBS reporter <a href=\"http:\/\/www.democracynow.org\/2005\/5\/17\/investigative_journalist_recalls_leaving_cbs_after\" target=\"window\">Roberta Baskin<\/a> \u2013 also illustrate the gradual commoditization  of news as just another commercial product, if not journalists being branded  with sponsor logos and strict reporting guidelines.<\/p>\n<p>None of this is a magical revelation, but <strong>Shadows<\/strong> is an  affecting warning to any small town and major city to beware of the trends that  signal when a monopolistic bully is on the loose. Tremblay\u2019s use of sounds,  music, and gorgeously shot images (on the Red camera) make  <strong>Shadows<\/strong> quite slick, but there\u2019s plenty of disturbing substance  in this unsettling visual essay.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a9 2012 Mark R. Hasan<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>External References<\/em>:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt1543807\/\">IMDB <\/a>&#8212; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.shadowsofliberty.org\/\">Official Website<\/a> &#8212; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hotdocs.ca\/\/film\/title\/shadows_of_liberty\">HotDocs Entry<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Return to<\/strong>:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\">Home <\/a>\/\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/?page_id=6\">Blu-ray, DVD, Film Reviews<\/a> <\/em>\/\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/?page_id=633\">S<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Return to: Home \/\u00a0Blu-ray, DVD, Film Reviews \/ S . Film: Excellent\/ DVD Transfer: n\/a\/ DVD Extras: n\/a Label: n\/a\u00a0\/ Region: n\/a\u00a0\/\u00a0Released: n\/a Genre: Documentary \/ HotDocs Synopsis: Disturbing chronology of how freedom of the press in America has become more stifled due to the subjective needs of a handful of controlling media conglomerates. 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