With Super Tuesday behind us and the caucuses in full swing, I present to you: The Brainwashing Of My Dad
Award winning documentary filmmaker Jen Seko has a problem. It's her father, a cantankerous conservative with an axe to grind against minorities, gays and the disenfranchised.The REAL issue is that Jen says he wasn't always like this. Once an apolitical Democrat, Jen noticed the transformation as his access to conservative media increased over the years. To support her claim, Seko references The Powell Memo, implemented under Nixon's administration to influence courts, media outlets and other institutions that affect public opinion.
What is to be uncovered is a big right-winged machine that it seems many are working to convince you isn't there, but is currently shaping America. Seko peels back the layers to show how control of and lack of diversity in reporting is breeding fear and division amongst the populace with her father as the unwary example. It is this personal touch that is believed to add another layer of depth to a burgeoning argument. This expose isn't so much a bashing of the machine as it is an account of it's long term effects.
"The Matrix is everywhere. It is all around us. Even now, in this very room. You can see it when you look out your window or when you turn on your television. You can feel it when you go to work... when you go to church... when you pay your taxes. It is the world that has been pulled over your eyes to blind you from the truth." - Morpheus, The Matrix (1999)
Sounds eerily familiar doesn't it? Explore what it's like to be plugged in if the Machine gets it's way in real life...
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