Curtis, The Trap: What Happened to Our Dream of Freedom (2007)

Adam Curtis.
The Trap: What Happened to Our Dream of Freedom.
BBC, 2007.

Part One : F**k You Buddy (watch it at: Google Video; Archive.org)

[Don't let the title of Part One deter you from watching it; the title refers to a strategy in Game Theory. The application of mathematical Game Theory (and other similarly simplistic, reductive, and highly abstract analytical tools) to human societies is a major theme of The Trap (and also of Curtis's most recent film All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace). Another major theme, most directly addressed in Part Three, involves the ideas of Positive liberty and Negative liberty.]

Part Two : The Lonely Robot (watch it at: Google Video; Archive.org)

Part Three : We Will Force You To Be Free (watch it at: Google Video; Archive.org)

Links:

• Adam Curtis, Wikipedia.
• The Trap, Wikipedia.
• Adam Curtis_The Medium and the Message, his blog at BBC.
• The Trap, BBC's webpage for The Trap at archive.org.