CinemaOSSeries · 2007 · 1 Season
The Trap: What Happened to Our Dream of Freedom
80%(38)IMDbDocumentary

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.

Status
Ended
Language
EN
First aired
March 11, 2007
Last aired
March 25, 2007
Seasons
1
Episodes
3
Network
BBC Two

Season 1

Episodes

No episodes found for this season.

Featuring

Cast & crew

8 credited
Starring
Adam Curtis

Adam Curtis

Narrator

Yevgeny Kiselyov

Yevgeny Kiselyov

Self

Ronald Reagan

Ronald Reagan

Self (archive footage)

Tony Blair

Tony Blair

Self (archive footage)

Boris Yeltsin

Boris Yeltsin

Self (archive footage)

Vladimir Putin

Vladimir Putin

Self (archive footage)

Margaret Thatcher

Margaret Thatcher

Self (archive footage)

Bill Clinton

Bill Clinton

Self (archive footage)

Creative team
Written by
Adam Curtis
Adam Curtis

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