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The Daily Blog

“You must, you must, you must see this documentary”

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Toronto Film Scene

“Not only would I suggest seeing it opening night, but I would recommend seeing the film a second time as well.”

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Torontoist

“Tremblay marshals a wealth of evidence to demonstrate that government deregulation has paved the way for the perversion of the media’s newsgathering function.”

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We Vancouver

“With more than 380 films, it’s tough to know what to see, but here five picks that have got a lot of momentum coming into VIFF; ‘Shadows of Liberty’, ‘The Invisible War’, ‘We’re Not Broke’, ‘Starlet’, and ‘I Anna’.”

Hollywood Reporter

“The timing couldn’t be better for a theatrical documentary about a corporate media monopoly in American journalism.”

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Neil Young's Film Lounge

“…the very best of the festival in toto. Frightening, enlightening, anger-inducing, thrilling…”

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Left Lion

“…It is uncomfortable viewing – which will please the audience it targets – as it reveals an all too familiar narrative of censorship, cover-ups and corporate control…”

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Denik Referendum

“…a masterpiece of craftsmanship…”

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Art Threat

“…a slick, masterful political essay on the degradation of contemporary journalism.”

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Post City Magazine

“…a pull-no-punches kind of film…”

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Humour Times

“This is pretty hot-stuff cinema…”

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Rabble.ca

“Tremblay’s film has methodically analysed the crisis of democracy that is the death of actual news reporting in the American corporate media.

“Beautifully shot and replete with artful graphics and animation, Shadows Of Liberty stands on its own as a beautiful artefact.

“Artistry, cinematic or otherwise, and clear-eyed political vision rarely come this close together.”

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Press Plus

“Director Jean-Philippe is meticulous and cutting in his analysis.

“…the film is really well made, beautifully filmed and fulfilled, and in the end,  Tremblay makes his case very, very well.”

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Torontoist

“Tremblay’s scathing media takedown couldn’t be more timely.”

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Canada.com

“…the film has real teeth.”

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The Toronto Sun

“Depressing and relevant stuff about the mass sell-off of journalistic integrity in our time.”

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The Panic Manuel

“The film is extremely well made (great soundtrack), with seemingly unlimited resources to archival footage and impressive personalities.”

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Girls of T.O.

“Once in a while a movie comes along that makes it very hard for us not to talk about it – Shadows of Liberty is that movie.”

Film Army

“Despite covering a what is clearly a controversial topic – the big media monopoly in the United States – audiences have come to see it in droves.”

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The Wig

“Tremblay’s well-presented argument asserts, all Americans should be concerned — if only the media would allow them to be.”

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Interviews

You can see below the links to the online interviews with Shadows of Liberty director-producer Jean-Philippe Tremblay.

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DEMOCRACY NOW!

Amy Goodman and Juan González interviewed Jean-Philippe Tremblay in Denver, CO at the National Conference on Media Reform 2013.

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ArtsMania

Anita Malhotra interviewed Jean-Philippe Tremblay on March 23, 2013 at Ottawa’s Chateau Laurier Hotel, during a run of ‘Shadows of Liberty’ at Ottawa’s ByTowne Cinema.

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Disarray Magazine

Christy Buena interviewed Jean-Philippe Tremblay before the NewFilmmakers screening of ‘Shadows of Liberty’ at the Sunset Gower Studios.

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Dork Shelf

Dork Shelf interviewed Jean-Philippe Tremblay in April, 2012.

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Left Forum 2014

Listen to the panel presentation of Shadows of Liberty at the Left Forum 2014, where our film contributors Deepa Kumar, Kristina Borjesson and filmmaker Jean-Philippe Tremblay discussed the urgency of media reform, chaired by Scott Harris of Between The Lines Radio (June 2014 in NYC).

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Panel Discussion with Julian Assange following 'SHADOWS OF LIBERTY' UK Premiere

On May 24, 2012, in London, U.K., WikiLeaks’ editor-in-chief Julian Assange, CorpWatch’s executive director Pratap Chatterjee, filmmaker Jean-Philippe Tremblay, and the Bertha Foundation’s director of legal advocacy Jen Robinson, discuss the disintegrating freedoms within the world press and media, following the private U.K. premiere screening of the feature documentary film, SHADOWS OF LIBERTY.

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