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The Atomic Cafe
Why this pick
A propulsive collage of government and media archival material, it finds dark comedy and dread in official rhetoric much as Our Nixon does through its revealing source footage.
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MOVIE2013 1h 24m USA
IF THIS ONE STAYED WITH YOU
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Built from raw satellite feeds intended for television newsrooms, this compact media excavation exposes the backstage machinery of political messaging with an irreverent found-footage sensibility.
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Richard Nixon
Himself
John Ehrlichman
Himself
John Denver
Himself
John Kerry
Himself
Daniel Ellsberg
Himself
Mao Zedong
Himself
George McGovern
Himself
Lowell Weicker
Himself