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Sometimes Hollywood makes films to tell an important story within our shared history. Sometimes it's to give visual presence to an unknown story of war or to simply viscerally entertain. But other times, it's to push a political agenda and sway perspectives.

But not all propaganda is created equally. Sometimes propaganda is awful and insidious in that it lies to the viewer about important facts or histories. Other times propaganda is simply silly-think Tom Cruise in Top Gun. These are 10 films that, for one reason or another, did a hell of a job contorting reality.

Birth of a Nation

One of the first great propaganda films, Birth of a Nation portrays the Ku Klux Klan (KKK) as valiant defenders of society, struggling to fight the good fight against the evil "blacks" that marred the South.

Sigh...does anything else need to be said about this awful film? Sadly, it was a box office hit upon its release.

Propaganda Threat: Severe

Winter Soldier

This 1972 documentary features the testimony of American soldiers detailing war crimes in Vietnam. Winter Soldier makes this list because its unique in that rather than offering pro-war propaganda, this film offers anti-war propaganda. While U.S. soldiers most certainly did participate in war crimes, and while these crimes were systematically under-reported, and while this film should receive accolades for exposing some of these crimes, the film also is uncritical in its release of this information. Which is to say that veterans with a bone to pick got on a stage, and gave the audience very detailed accounts of horrible civilian murders committed by U.S. forces, but there was no investigation into the veracity of these claims, which were often taken for fact.

The film was highly controversial as critics argued about whether everything presented in the film was actually true, and this is highly problematic. When you charge U.S. soldiers with committing war crimes, you need to have your evidence verified.

In short, this film floods the viewer with all of these troubling narratives and horrific descriptions in the hopes of striking a strong emotional cord, without any accompanying explanation or nuance. At the end of the day, liberal propaganda is just as bad as far right wing propaganda.

Propaganda Threat: Severe

Act of Valor

Act of Valor is an action film that was made in cooperation with the U.S. Navy that profiles the Navy SEALs. In fact, many of the actors within the film are real-life SEALs. The film, though, is little more than an homage to Navy Special Forces soldiers masquerading as a real-life entertainment. The film even fails in its basic mission as a serviceable action film. Act of Valor is little more than a Navy recruiting video that was released to theatres.

Propaganda Threat: Minimal

This 1968 Tom Cruise action film about Navy fighter pilots at the infamous Top Gun school is another film that is little more than a two-hour recruitment campaign for the military. Navy recruitments purportedly shot up after this film-Why wouldn't they? Potential recruits learned that if you sign-up for the Navy's fighter pilot program, you'll get to ride around on a motorcycle, flirt with beautiful female instructors, and play volleyball with your shirt off. (I wonder how many recruits were disappointed to learn that acceptance into the fighter pilot program is exceedingly difficult and that for those who got in, acting like a "maverick" as Tom Cruise did in the film and flying by the control tower is a quick way to get booted out of the Navy.)

Of course, ultimately, Top Gun is silly, harmless propaganda, and, most importantly, so obviously rigged against any semblance of real life, that it's likely no one took it seriously.

At least, we hope that's the case.

Propaganda Threat: Minimal

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10 Popular War Films That Were Used as Political Propaganda

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Sometimes Hollywood makes films to tell an important story within our shared history. Sometimes it's to give visual presence to an unknown story of war or to simply viscerally entertain. But other times, it's to push a political agenda and sway perspectives. But not all propaganda is created equally.

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BTEC Unit 6: Critical Approaches to Media

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BTEC Unit 6: Critical Approaches to Media

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https://noahstargetaudienceblog.blogspot.com/p/defining-audienc-es-bill-and-ted-face.html

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Blog and trailer For choosing a movie and target audience
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