{"id":36017,"date":"2025-06-14T09:45:46","date_gmt":"2025-06-14T13:45:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hunterword.com\/?p=36017"},"modified":"2025-12-10T22:29:19","modified_gmt":"2025-12-11T03:29:19","slug":"film-review-article-the-invisible-doctrine-the-secret-history-of-neo-liberlalism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hunterword.com\/index.php\/film-review-article-the-invisible-doctrine-the-secret-history-of-neo-liberlalism\/","title":{"rendered":"Film Review-Article: THE INVISIBLE DOCTRINE, The Secret History of Neoliberalism"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/E5TWEWZKNDs?si=wPv3MkBPAct-3QQM\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>THE INVISIBLE DOCTRINE: THE SECRET HISTORY OF NEOLIBERALISM is an extraordinary kinetically charged visually stunning 75-minute documentary savagely deconstructing neoliberalism, a political and economic ideology that promotes free-market capitalism, deregulation, privatization and a reduced role for the state in economic affairs.<\/p>\n<p>The film\u2019s finesse in using animation and graphic design to illustrate complex ideas about neoliberalism \u2013 especially its existential flaws and menace \u2013 rather than depending on standard documentary style interviews or archival footage is powerful.<\/p>\n<p>Neoliberalism has profoundly \u2013 and inimically according to the filmmakers \u2013 shaped American politics, economics, and society since the late 1970s. It has influenced both major political parties and many of the institutions that govern the U.S. economy. An example of the menace can be seen in the debilitating consequences of 143 executive orders President Donald Trump has signed in the first 100 days of his presidency. Even misleading <em>Headline Stories-Braking News<\/em> nevertheless sufficiently tip off that something is seriously wrong for many.<\/p>\n<p>This film\u2019s <em>truth-the whole truth-and-nothing-but-the-truth<\/em> thematic warns about the perils of and nefarious nature of neoliberalism as an existential menace.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_36024\" style=\"width: 1010px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-36024\" class=\"size-full wp-image-36024\" src=\"https:\/\/hunterword.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/pub-invisible-title.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"331\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hunterword.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/pub-invisible-title.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/hunterword.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/pub-invisible-title-560x185.jpg 560w, https:\/\/hunterword.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/pub-invisible-title-260x86.jpg 260w, https:\/\/hunterword.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/pub-invisible-title-160x53.jpg 160w, https:\/\/hunterword.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/pub-invisible-title-300x99.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hunterword.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/pub-invisible-title-768x254.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-36024\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>The film by Peter\u202f Hutchison and Lucas Sabea is narrated by George Monbiot, a well-known journalist, author, environmental and political activist.<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-36029\" src=\"https:\/\/hunterword.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/pub-george-invisible-1-300x181.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"181\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hunterword.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/pub-george-invisible-1-300x181.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hunterword.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/pub-george-invisible-1-560x338.jpg 560w, https:\/\/hunterword.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/pub-george-invisible-1-260x157.jpg 260w, https:\/\/hunterword.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/pub-george-invisible-1-160x97.jpg 160w, https:\/\/hunterword.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/pub-george-invisible-1-768x464.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hunterword.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/pub-george-invisible-1.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Picture right, George Monbiot.<\/em> <\/strong>THE INVISIBLE DOCTRINE blends meticulous reporting and journalism research with powerful visuals to shine a light on an ideology that remains largely invisible in public discourse.<\/p>\n<p>Even if those among us who may be skeptical of its framing \u2013 definitely not this reviewer \u2014\u00a0 it most certainly provokes thought and reflection and perhaps inspire a re-imagining of political and economic systems before it&#8217;s too late.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">{THE INVISIBLE DOCTRINE is now streaming on Apple TV.}<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7155\" style=\"width: 110px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7155\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-7155\" src=\"https:\/\/hunterword.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/gwm-700x700-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"200\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-7155\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em><strong>the WORD<\/strong><\/em> Editor Gregg W. Morris<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Now streaming on Apple TV. The film blends meticulous reportage with powerful visuals to shine a light on an ideology that remains largely invisible in public discourse and that allows for it to exert an inimical and toxic influences on things that directly affect people. Even if those understandably skeptical of its framing &#8211; definitely not this reviewer \u2013  THE INVISIBLE DOCTRINE  promises to provoke thought\u2014and perhaps inspire a reimagining of political and economic systems. \u2013 Gregg W. Morris, Editor, Researcher, <em><strong>the WORD.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-p\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/hunterword.com\/index.php\/film-review-article-the-invisible-doctrine-the-secret-history-of-neo-liberlalism\/\">Read more &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":36024,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2269,29,2293,2297,2283],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36017","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-2269","category-film-tv","category-movies-movies-movies","category-nyc-doc","category-reviews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hunterword.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36017","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hunterword.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hunterword.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hunterword.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hunterword.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36017"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"https:\/\/hunterword.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36017\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36048,"href":"https:\/\/hunterword.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36017\/revisions\/36048"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hunterword.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36024"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hunterword.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36017"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hunterword.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36017"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hunterword.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36017"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}