All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. Stone
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Vancouver-based filmmaker and TV news veteran Fred Peabody explores the life and legacy of the maverick American journalist I.F. Stone, whose long one-man crusade against government deception lives on in the work of such contemporary filmmakers and journalists as Laura Poitras, Glenn Greenwald, David Corn, and Matt Taibbi.
Fred Peabody
Director
Casts & Crew
I.F. Stone
Himself - Investigative journalist (archive footage)
Chris Hedges
Himself - Former correspondent, The New York Times
Leslie Moonves
Himself, president of CBS (voice) (archive footage)
Jeff Cohen
Himself, founding director, Park Center for Independent Media
Matt Taibbi
Himself - Contributing Editor, Rolling Stone magazine
John Carlos Frey
Himself - Independent journalist
Colin Powell
Himself (archive footage)
Henry Kissinger
Himself (archive footage)
Ralph Nader
Himself, author and political activist
Amy Goodman
Herself, host and executive producer, Democracy Now!
Jeremy Scahill
Himself, co-founder, The Intercept
Erin McLaughlin
Herself, reporter, CNN (archive footage)
Glenn Greenwald
Himself, co-founder, The Intercept
Edward Snowden
Himself (archive footage)
Laura Poitras
Herself, co-founder, The Intercept (archive footage)
Carl Bernstein
Himself - Investigative Journalist - Co-author, All the President's Men
Noam Chomsky
Himself - Professor Emeritus, MIT
Nermeen Shaikh
Herself - Senior producer and co-host - Democracy Now!
Sharif Abdel Kouddous
Himself, independent journalist
Lori Baker
Herself, forensic archaeologist
Jeremy J. Stone
Himself, son of I. F. Stone
Myra MacPherson
Herself, author of 'All Governments Lie! The Life and Times of Rebel Journalist I. F. Stone'
Dick Cavett
Himself
Tom Engelhardt
Himself, founder, TomDispatch.com (as Tom Englehardt)
David Corn
Himself, Mother Jones Magazine
Ari Fleischer
Himself, White House press secretary (archive footage)
Mitt Romney
Himself (archive footage)
Dick Cheney
Himself (archive footage)
Condoleezza Rice
Herself (archive footage)
Cenk Uygur
Himself, host, The Young Turks
Hillary Clinton
Herself (archive footage)
Ana Kasparian
Herself, The Young Turks
Paul Ramirez
Himself, retired county judge, Texas
Esther Kaplan
Herself, The Nation Institute
George W. Bush
Himself (archive footage)
Desmond Cole
Himself
Tom Ewell
Richard Sherman (archive footage)
Dustin Hoffman
Carl Bernstein (archive footage)
Peter Jennings
Himself (archive footage)
Marilyn Monroe
The Girl (archive footage)
Michael Moore
Himself - Independent filmmaker
Barack Obama
Himself (archive footage)
Michelle Obama
Herself (archive footage)
Robert Redford
Bob Woodward (archive footage)
Jason Robards
Ben Bradlee (archive footage)
Donald Trump
Himself (archive footage)
Kevin Spacey
Verbal (archive footage)
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