On Tuesday 19 February at 19:30 and on Wednesday 20 February at 21:30 we will screen in cinema Utopia the film Apology of an Economic Hit Man (Greece, 2008, colour, 90 min) by Stelios Kouloglou. The film is
in the Greek original version with Εnglish subtitles. Suitable for children over 16 years old.
Film Summary
John Perkins was a prominent member of the top-secret team of “economic hit men”, who used fraudulent financial reports, rigged elections, payoffs, extortion, sex, military coups and murder to create the global American empire after World War II. After a long internal struggle between his guilt and the fear of telling the truth, Perkins meets the daughter of an assassinated president and speaks out in front of an angry Latin-American audience.
Based on rare propagandistic material, film-noir style reconstructed sequences and exclusive filmed confessions of best selling author John Perkins (Confessions of an Economic Hit Man, The Secret History of the American Empire) this fascinating documentary sheds light on the unknown mechanisms used by the rulers of the modern world, the roots of Islamic terrorism, and the reason why most of the world’s population lives in poverty. The definitive answer to President Bush's question "why do they hate us?"
