Shock Doctrine

I don't know if you know much about Naomi Klein (I didn't) but she wrote a book called The Shock Doctrine recently, about how American free market policies have taken over the world by insinuating themselves into the shocked aftermath of tragedies (not particularly well-reviewed at the Guardian, where she's a frequent contributer -- aaawkward).

Anyway, as she says: "When I finished The Shock Doctrine, I sent it to Alfonso Cuarón because I adore his films and felt that the future he created for Children of Men was very close to the present I was seeing in disaster zones. I was hoping he would send me a quote for the book jacket and instead he pulled together this amazing team of artists -- including Jonás Cuarón who directed and edited -- to make The Shock Doctrine short film."

The result is a pretty cool film, even if it may be a touch "conspiracy-theory capitalism is the root of all evil AAAAH" and so here it is!