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The New Rulers of the World
The New Rulers of the World
| 18 July 2001 (USA)
John Pilger , Pramoedya Ananta Toer
Documentary
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The myths of globalisation have been incorporated into much of our everyday language. "Thinking globally" and "the global economy" are part of a jargon that assumes we are all part of one big global village, where national borders and national identities no longer matter. But what is globalisation? And where is this global village? In 2001, John Pilger made 'The New Rulers of the World', a film exploring the impact of globalisation. It took Indonesia as the prime example, a country that the World Bank described as a 'model pupil' until its 'globalised' economy collapsed in 1998. Globalisation has not only made the world smaller. It has also made it interdependent. An investment decision made in London can spell unemployment for thousands in Indonesia, while a business decision taken in Tokyo can create thousands of new jobs for workers in north-east England.

Reviews
Matrixston Wow! Such a good movie.
SpuffyWeb Sadly Over-hyped
Robert Joyner The plot isn't so bad, but the pace of storytelling is too slow which makes people bored. Certain moments are so obvious and unnecessary for the main plot. I would've fast-forwarded those moments if it was an online streaming. The ending looks like implying a sequel, not sure if this movie will get one
Abegail Noëlle While it is a pity that the story wasn't told with more visual finesse, this is trivial compared to our real-world problems. It takes a good movie to put that into perspective.
Platypuschow The saddest thing about The New Rulers Of The World is that the vast majority of us will not be surprised by anything we see. We know how manipulated we are, we know the slave labour taking place worldwide, we know just how badly our governments are screwing us over! But what are we supposed to do? These events transpire because the powers that be know this, know that we can't and we won't do anything about it despite theoretically possessing the vast majority of power being the "99%" Little was news to me so though not eye opening it was certainly still hard hitting as Pilgers documentaries always are.Sadly this one wasn't fantastically well made and it damages the message but regardless is one that deserves your time even if it is heart crushingly sobering.
janis-zogots there are loads of movies, audio and written material accessible to mass public shouting on the bad globalization, ugly politics etc, etc never going into detail, never explaining what does it actually mean, how we've come to this point and what were the reasons.This is not that kind of movie. It goes deeper to the beginning of so called globalization in the most analytical detail as i've seen so far. Pilger took one specific country (Indonesia) and went back to 60's where it all started. Asking brave, direct questions to each side involved and getting back different views on the topic. And here you can see that none can bear the responsibility of the system, every corporation, every government can account for a tiny little part of the "evil" therefore stay virtually clean.I've heard people don't like these kind of movies cause they don't give you any hint on solutions. They shouldn't give. They are to make you think , to make you aware. And nevertheless it teaches people to recognize professional, analytical documentaries (or interview essays in this case) like this one from manipulative, shouting peaces of garbage that flood the public knowledge.It's a shame that this is the first comment on a this movie which is 7 years old by now.