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Bitter Lake
Documentary · 2015
An experimental documentary that explores Saudi Arabia's relationship with the U.S. and the role this has played in the war in Afghanistan.
The sides of Bitter Lake
- Saudi Arabia, the US and Afghanistan
- Raw BBC archive footage
- Adam Curtis's narration
Bitter Lake is good for you if…
- you want to see how oil, money and alliances shaped a war.
- you like decades of history traced back to a 1945 meeting on a ship.
- you like piecing together fragments of BBC archive into one big argument.
Bitter Lake is bad for you if…
- two hours and a quarter of montage is too much for you.
- you can't watch raw war footage from Afghanistan.
About: power · oil · war · simplification
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