All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. Stone

Overview

Vancouver-based filmmaker and TV news veteran Fred Peabody explores the life and legacy of the maverick American journalist I.F. Stone, whose long one-man crusade against government deception lives on in the work of such contemporary filmmakers and journalists as Laura Poitras, Glenn Greenwald, David Corn, and Matt Taibbi.

Directed by Fred Peabody

Top cast

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I. F. Stone

Self - Investigative Journalist (archive footage)

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Chris Hedges

Self - Former Correspondent, The New York Times

Leslie Moonves

Self - President of CBS (voice) (archive footage)

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Jeff Cohen

Self - Founding Director, Park Center for Independent Media

Matt Taibbi

Self - Contributing Editor, Rolling Stone Magazine

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John Carlos Frey

Self - Independent Journalist

Colin Powell

Self (archive footage)

Henry Kissinger

Self (archive footage)

Ralph Nader

Self - Author and Political Activist

Amy Goodman

Self - Host and Executive Producer, Democracy Now!

Jeremy Scahill

Self - Co-founder, The Intercept

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Erin McLaughlin

Self - Reporter, CNN (archive footage)

Glenn Greenwald

Self - Co-founder, The Intercept

Edward Snowden

Self (archive footage)

Laura Poitras

Self - Co-founder, The Intercept (archive footage)

Carl Bernstein

Self - Investigative Journalist - Co-author, All the President's Men

Noam Chomsky

Self - Professor Emeritus, MIT

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Nermeen Shaikh

Self - Senior Producer and Co-host - Democracy Now!

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Sharif Abdel Kouddous

Self - Independent Journalist

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Lori Baker

Self - Forensic Archaeologist

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