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The Trap: What Happened to Our Dream of Freedom(2007)
80%
35 Votes
Overview
Individual freedom is the dream of our age. It's what our leaders promise to give us, it defines how we think of ourselves and, repeatedly, we have gone to war to impose freedom around the world. But if you step back and look at what freedom actually means for us today, it's a strange and limited kind of freedom.
Type: Miniseries
Status: Ended
Languages: English
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Top 8 Billed Cast
Adam Curtis
Narrator
Yevgeny Kiselyov
Self
Ronald Reagan
Self (archive footage)
Tony Blair
Self (archive footage)
Борис Ельцин
Self (archive footage)
Владимир Путин
Self (archive footage)
Margaret Thatcher
Self (archive footage)
Bill Clinton
Self (archive footage)
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