Shadow World
2016A detailed investigation into the political and economic interests that, since the beginning of the 20th century, have pulled the strings of the arms trade, hidden in the shadows, feeding the shameful corruption of politicians and government officials and promoting a state of permanent war throughout the world, while they cynically asked for a lasting and universal peace.
Acted in
Andrew Feinstein
as Self - Arms Industry Expert
David Leigh
as Self - Journalist
Helen Garlick
as Self - British Prosecutor
Riccardo Privitera
as Self - Arms Dealer
Pierre Sprey
as Self - Former Defense Analyst
Vijay Prashad
as Self - Journalist
Jeremy Scahill
as Self - Investigative Journalist
Marta Benavides
as Self - Peace Activist
Chris Hedges
as Self - Journalist
James Der Derian
as Self - Political Scientist
Michael Hardt
as Self - Political Philosopher
Franklin C. Spinney
as Self - Former Military Analyst
Cynthia McKinney
as Self - Politician
Robert Fisk
as Self - Journalist
Clare Short
as Self - Politician
David Lawley-Wakelin
as Self - Filmmaker
Muntazer Al-Zaidi
as Self - Journalist
Lawrence Wilkerson
as Self - Former US Army Colonel
Trita Parsi
as Self - Political Analyst
Wesley Clark
as Self - Former US Military
Eduardo Galeano
as Self - Stories Narrator (voice)
Jeremy Rifkin
as Self - Writer (voice)
Harris Yulin
as Smedley D. Butler (voice)
Barack Obama
as Self - Politician (archive footage)
Henry Williamson
as Self - WWI Veteran (archive footage)
George Ashurst
as Self - WWI Veteran (voice) (archive footage)
Margaret Thatcher
as Self - Politician (archive footage)
Ronald Reagan
as Self - Politician (archive footage)
Bandar bin Sultan
as Self - Politician (archive footage)
Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom
as Self (archive footage)
Mark Thatcher
as Self - Businessman (archive footage)
Richard Evans
as Self - BAE Chairman (archive footage)
Milton Friedman
as Self - Economist (archive footage)
Frances Fox Piven
as Self - Political Scientist (archive footage)
Jack Brooks
as Self - Politician (archive footage)
Robert McFarlane
as Self - US NS Advisor (archive footage)
Dick Cheney
as Self - Politician (archive footage)
George H. W. Bush
as Self - Politician (archive footage)
George W. Bush
as Self - Politician (archive footage)
Donald Rumsfeld
as Self - Politician (archive footage)
Colin Powell
as Self - Politician (archive footage)
Karl Rove
as Self - Political Advisor (archive footage)
Saddam Hussein
as Self - Politician (archive footage)
Tony Blair
as Self - Politician (archive footage)
Nelson Mandela
as Self - Politician (archive footage)
Thabo Mbeki
as Self - Politician (archive footage)
Samuel Perlo-Freeman
as Self - Defense Economist (archive footage)
Richard Nixon
as Self - Politician (voice) (archive footage)
Henry Kissinger
as Self - Politician (voice) (archive footage)
Dennis Kucinich
as Self - Politician (archive footage)
John Bolton
as Self - US Diplomat (archive footage)
Seymour Hersh
as Self - Journalist (archive footage)
Medea Benjamin
as Self - Activist (archive footage)
Hillary Clinton
as Self - Politician (archive footage)
Benjamin Netanyahu
as Self - Politician (archive footage)
Larry King
as Self - Journalist (archive footage)
Osama Bin Laden
as Self - al-Qaeda Leader (archive fotage)
Shir Hever
as Self - Economist (archive footage)
Mohammad Javad Zarif
as Self - Politician (archive footage)
Adel Al-Jubeir
as Self - Saudi Diplomat (archive footage)
Vladimir Putin
as Self - Politician (archive footage)
Xi Jinping
as Self - Politician (archive footage)