Education For Death II: The Aftermath (2019)

The idea of reworking a historical propaganda movie was to find out whether or not the messages and values of those who 'controlled' public opinion in the past still have the same effect today - when you would expect people to be more aware of the role of the mass media. During my research I came across the movies produced by Walt Disney Studios for the U.S government around the time of WW2. Further research revealed the contradiction between the ideological position Disney publicly held (wholesome family values, Americana) and the more-covert business/political tactics he used (more reminiscent of what used to be called the 'military-industrial complex.') I undertook a trip to Disneyland Paris to experience this 'world' Disney had created (originally modelled on Fascist principles for social engineering) and found many parallels to the 1930s hidden beneath the surface. Either the public are still unaware (or simply don't want to think about) the level of control such organisations have over their lives. If you think about it, the same family may buy and re-buy Disney product for generations. The search for further parallels led me to Disney's modern contemporaries in the Alt.Right. I wanted to know the extent to which their social ideals match his (and also by implication those of the current dominant ideology - Trump.) I found some shocking things about the business sponsorship of political parties who themselves sponsor racism. At the end, my 'character' (unable any further to fight the relentless pressure of capitalism) undergoes a kind of brainwashing into a 'good Nazi.' Has history really taught us anything?