Whistle-Blowers (part 1)

Veronica Guerin

First comes scandal, then cover-up, then--

once in a great while--the whistle-blower.

Overlooked, disputed, disappeared, or dead,

these folks are the unsung heroes of the world,

going up against the giants without much hope

or ammunition.

Some of these are based on true events and actual people,

some are speculative (and probably true) accounts

of just a smidgen of the corruption and dispicable nature

of this world.

In the end, it makes for fine, gripping, movie entertainment.

The Men Who Stare at Goats

A Few Good Men

Charlie Wilson's War

Duplicity

Damages, season 2

"An Unreasonable Man", complete documentary

Erin Brockovich

Man of the Year

Michael Clayton

Norma Rae

Challenger: The Untold Story, part 1

Primary Colors

The Rainmaker

Silkwood

The Ides of March

The Insider

The Last Song

The Pelican Brief

Soylent Green

"Dollhouse", season One

The Firm

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9/11

There has been a rather significant block of

9/11-based movies, as well as those that

use the dramatic emphasis and impact for

background of another story.

Here is my selection of the best of those

movies, as well as documentaries and films

leading up to, hinging upon, and resulting from

the attacks on the World Trade Center and

Pentagon.

We don't live in a bubble, and it takes every

part of a chain to make it link.

This, at least, is the start to

having the whole story.

"The Oil Factor: Behind the War on Terror" documentary

Xenophobia, lust for oil, illegal wars,

being the police of the world, sideways politics,

secrets and lies, and our own funding of terrorism

(not to mention homegrown religious extremism

and fundamentalism taking over our culture)

are all to blame for what happened on September 11,

2011, and if we ignore that then we are doomed

to repeat the needless tragedy.

"The Power of Nightmares" documentary; The Rise of the Politics of Fear (BBC)

"The 9/11 Decade: The Intelligence War" documentary (Full Movie)

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