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Synopsis
Through the insights of whistleblowers, investigators, prosecutors, military and industry insiders Shadow World reveals how the international trade in weapons — with the complicity of governments, their militaries and intelligence agencies, defense contractors, arms dealers and agents — fosters corruption, determines economic and foreign policies, undermines democracies and creates widespread suffering. The film unravels a number of the world’s largest and most corrupt arms deals through those involved in perpetrating and investigating them. It illustrates why this trade accounts for almost 40% of all corruption in global trade, and how it operates in a parallel legal universe, in which the national security elite who drive it are seldom prosecuted for their often illegal actions.
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Movie Details
| Domestic Releases: | October 14th, 2016 (Limited) by TriCoast Worldwide |
| MPAA Rating: | Not Rated |
| Running Time: | 94 minutes |
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| Keywords: | Political, Agitprop, Arms Dealer, War Profiteers, Government Corruption |
| Source: | Based on Factual Book/Article |
| Genre: | Documentary |
| Production Method: | Live Action |
| Creative Type: | Factual |
| Production/Financing Companies: | Widehouse, Dillywood Films, Louverture Films, Onomatopee Films, Final Cut For Real, Bertha Foundation, Fork Films, Vital Projects, ITVS, RTBF, BRITDOC Foundations, Danish Film Institute, Zap O Matic |
| Production Countries: | Belgium, Denmark, United States |
| Languages: | English |