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The Trap: What Happened to Our Dream of Freedom

The Trap: What Happened to Our Dream of Freedom

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Documentary

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Individual freedom is the dream of our age. It's what our leaders promise to give us, it defines how we think of ourselves and, repeatedly, we have gone to war to impose freedom around the world. But if you step back and look at what freedom actually means for us today, it's a strange and limited kind of freedom.

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Budget

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Revenue

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Status

Ended

Original Language

English

Runtime

mins

Rating

8/10

Release Date

22 June 2025

Country

Cast

Adam Curtis

Adam Curtis

Narrator

Yevgeny Kiselyov

Yevgeny Kiselyov

Self

Ronald Reagan

Ronald Reagan

Self (archive footage)

Tony Blair

Tony Blair

Self (archive footage)

Boris Yeltsin

Boris Yeltsin

Self (archive footage)

Vladimir Putin

Vladimir Putin

Self (archive footage)

Margaret Thatcher

Margaret Thatcher

Self (archive footage)

Bill Clinton

Bill Clinton

Self (archive footage)

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