I ran into this animation and couldn’t resist the temptation to share it here. It’s an animated documentary called ‘The Masters of the Media‘. It analyses monopolization in the Media Industry.
Click here to view the embedded video.
Director: Rogier Klomp
Screenplay: Bart-Jan Kazemier
Production: This Is Propaganda
Sound: De Auditieve Dienst
Voice Over: Michael Harrigan
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