Our Brand Is Crisis
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| Our Brand Is Crisis | |
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| Directed by | Rachel Boynton |
| Produced by | Rachel Boynton Sanders Goodstein Robert Kravis Steven Shainberg |
| Written by | Rachel Boynton |
| Starring | (see text) |
| Distributed by | Koch-Lorber Films |
| Release date(s) | 1 March 2006 |
| Running time | 85 min |
| Language | Spanish and English |
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Our Brand Is Crisis is a 2006 documentary film by Rachel Boynton on American political campaign marketing tactics by Greenberg Carville Shrum (GCS) in the 2002 Bolivian presidential election.
The film is distributed by Koch-Lorber Films.
"This film is a cautionary tale which comes at a very timely moment," said Koch-Lorber Films president Richard Lorber in a 9 December 2005 statement to indieWIRE."The parallels to the current U.S. administration's approach to selling the war in Iraq are staggering."[1]
Contents |
[edit] Cast (in alphabetical order)
- Mauricio Balcazar — himself (Goni's Press Advisor)
- James Carville — himself (GCS Strategist)
- Tad Devine — himself (GCS Advertising Consultant)
- Stan Greenberg — himself (GCS Pollster)
- Carlos Mesa — (VP Candidate)
- Evo Morales — (Opposing Candidate)
- Jeremy Rosner — himself (GCS Pollster)
- Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada — himself (aka "Goni"; Bolivia's Presidential Candidate)
- Robert Shrum — himself
- Tal Silberstein — himself (GCS Management Consultant)
- Manfred Reyes Villa — himself (Opposing Candidate)
- Amy Webber — herself (GCS Associate)
[edit] Awards & Recognition
- The film won the Charles E. Guggenheim Emerging Artist Award at the 2005 Full Frame Documentary Film Festival;
- Boynton was nominated for the Truer Than Fiction Award at the Independent Spirit Awards;
- The film shared the International Documentary Association's top prize for Best Feature Documentary in 2005.
- Official Selection at the 2005 South By Southwest Festival
- Official Selection at the 2005 Edinburgh International Film Festival
