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Subconscious War (2011)

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Posted by Dan Weingarten on Jul. 28, 2011

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Subconscious War is a short documentary on media, reality, and the culture of violence, It covers the prophecies of Aldous Huxley and Neil Postman's grim assessment of our Brave New World and relates these to our violence and the cultural influences that fosters it today.

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