All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. Stone (2016)

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.

Cast (46)CrewGenresDetailsReleasesMediaAwards

I

I. F. Stone

Self - Investigative Journalist (archive footage)

C

Chris Hedges

Self - Former Correspondent, The New York Times

Leslie Moonves

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

J

Jeff Cohen

Self - Founding Director, Park Center for Independent Media

Matt Taibbi

Self - Contributing Editor, Rolling Stone Magazine

J

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

E

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

Nermeen Shaikh

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

S

Sharif Abdel Kouddous

Self - Independent Journalist

L

Lori Baker

Self - Forensic Archaeologist

J

Jeremy J. Stone

Self - Son of I. F. Stone

M

Myra MacPherson

Self - Author of 'All Governments Lie! The Life and Times of Rebel Journalist I. F. Stone'

Dick Cavett

Self

T

Tom Engelhardt

Self - Founder, TomDispatch.com

D

David Corn

Self - Mother Jones Magazine

Ari Fleischer

Self - White House Press Secretary (archive footage)

Mitt Romney

Self (archive footage)

Dick Cheney

Self (archive footage)

Condoleezza Rice

Self (archive footage)

Cenk Uygur

Self - Host, The Young Turks

Hillary Clinton

Self (archive footage)

Ana Kasparian

Self, The Young Turks

P

Paul Ramirez

Self - Retired County Judge, Texas

E

Esther Kaplan

Self - The Nation Institute

George W. Bush

Self (archive footage)

D

Desmond Cole

Self

Tom Ewell

Richard Sherman (archive footage)

Dustin Hoffman

Carl Bernstein (archive footage)

Peter Jennings

Self (archive footage)

Marilyn Monroe

The Girl (archive footage)

Michael Moore

Self - Independent Filmmaker

Barack Obama

Self (archive footage)

Michelle Obama

Self (archive footage)

Jason Robards

Ben Bradlee (archive footage)

Donald Trump

Self (archive footage)

Kevin Spacey

Verbal (archive footage)

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