Cine Interzone - On Company Business (extra long movie, with breaks)

doors open at 18:30, but no bar, so bring your own drinks

ON COMPANY BUSINESS * 1980 * Directed by Allan Francovich * 174 minutes * In English, no subtitles

Because of the spin that governments and the mass media put on events, the world can seem mad or downright unfathomable. But if you look below the surface, there is one factor that played a key role in the direction of the western world since World War ll—the covert activity of the American CIA and its relentlessly knocking out all independence movements. They succeeded in destroying the counterculture of the late 1960s in its own country, occupying Europe, overthrowing elections, committing assassinations, and installing dictatorships in Iran, Greece, Chile, Argentina, Guatemala, Taiwan, Indonesia, the Philippines, The Congo, etc, etc. It would be easier to make a list of countries that they didn't interfere with. Their aim was to derail and discredit any alternatives to American imperialism, and these clandestine operations are still happening today. Did you ever wonder how we got to the point where there are no more real-life alternatives anymore? This film gives us a huge part of the answer.

This groundbreaking multi-award-winning investigative documentary unfolds in three parts, each one an hour long. It is a scathing indictment of their brutal covert activities. Director Allan Francovich did five years of research for this project and conducted interviews with current and ex-CIA agents. Included are former heads of the CIA, whistleblowers, and victims of CIA operations. There is no voice-over narration. We are just presented with a massive array of archival material and interviews conducted by director Francovich himself. The result is both comprehensive and phenomenal… but also heartbreaking.

Winner of the International Critics Award for Best Documentary at the Berlin International Film Festival.