Ethos (2011/I)

Director:

Pete McGrain

Writer:

Pete McGrain

Genre:

Documentary

Tagline:

Political Documentary, Woody Harrelson, Ethos

Plot:

Hosted by twice Oscar nominated actor Woody Harrelson, Ethos explores the mechanisms in our systems that work against democracy, the environment and our own personal liberty.

Plot Keywords:

Political Documentary

Cast

Noam Chomsky	...	Himself
Woody Harrelson	...	Himself - Host
Bill Hogan	...	Himself
Chalmers Johnson	...	Himself
Charles Lewis	...	Himself
Cynthia McKinney	...	Herself
Howard Zinn	...	Himself

Directed by
Pete McGrain

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Pete McGrain

Produced by
Sonia Farrell	....	executive producer
Michelle Marles	....	executive producer
Pete McGrain	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Ohms

Cinematography by
Royce Allen Dudley

Film Editing by
James Gustafson

Makeup Department
Alexis Kelly	....	makeup

Production Management
Sal Cirnigliaro	....	production manager

Art Department
Olivia Butler	....	art designer

Visual Effects by
Marad Abuleela	....	visual effects

Camera and Electrical Department
Royce Allen Dudley	....	camera operator
Phil Gorry	....	camera operator (as Philip Gorry)
Louie McGrain	....	best boy
Phil Purves	....	lights and grip

Other crew
Mike Ramerez	....	teleprompter

Thanks
Steve Burkow	....	special thanks
Laura Harrelson	....	special thanks
Woody Harrelson	....	special thanks
Tracy Harshman	....	special thanks
Stephan Jacobs	....	special thanks
Masha Savitz	....	special thanks
Joel Shapiro	....	special thanks
Norman Siderow	....	special thanks
Howard Zinn	....	in memory of

Production Companies

• Media for Action

Distributors

• Cinema Libre Studio (2011) (USA) (all media)
• Cinema Libre Studio (2011) (worldwide) (all media)

Runtime:

78 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Media for Action

Good doc, unfortunately made from nothing but excerpts of other better docs

Not a bad documentary; it makes a number of relevant points about the biggest problems within the structure of our society. Unfortunately, none of this material is new. Most of it is lifted directly from 2003's excellent documentary, "The Corporation" (http://www.youtube.com/watch? v=SnE8D3tgZ5c), and much is also lifted from "Zeitgeist 2" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1gKX9TWRyfs). The only thing original to "Ethos" is Woody Harrelson's presence.

Truthfully, you should pass-up "Ethos" and watch "The Corporation" and "Zeitgeist 2" instead. They are better documentaries -- both more informative and more thorough than this one. However, "Ethos" does serve as a nice summary of those two films' major points.