The Living Dead
The Living Dead
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The Living Dead

Three Films About the Power of the Past

6.9 / 10
1995
1 season
3 episodes
Documentary

This series investigated the way that history and memory have been used by politicians and others.

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  • Ep 1

    1.On the Desperate Edge of Now

    30-05-199560m

    This episode examined how the various national memories of the Second World War were effectively rewritten and manipulated in the Cold War period. For Germany, this began at the N...

  • Ep 2

    2.You Have Used Me as a Fish Long Enough

    06-06-199560m

    In this episode, the history of brainwashing and mind control was examined. The angle pursued by Curtis was the way in which psychiatry pursued tabula rasa theories of the mind, in...

  • Ep 3

    3.The Attic

    13-06-199560m

    In this episode, the Imperial aspirations of Margaret Thatcher were examined. The way in which Mrs Thatcher used public relations in an attempt to emulate Winston Churchill in hark...

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