This feature length documentary debates the implications and consequences of US military involvement in the world today.
From an isolationist nation at the end of World War One, the US today has bases in over ninety countries. No other nation has been able to project military power as the US does today. But is such an involvement sustainable? Despite its might, the US is shrinking in terms of population and economic power in relation to the rest of the world.
So, what would happen should the United States leave the international scene, and become again a "normal nation", a republic, and not an empire?
To find an answer to this question, director and producer Mitch Anderson embarked on an investigative trip on four continents. "The World Without US" is an in-depth investigation of how US foreign policy affects the lives of millions of people around the world.
Future scenarios in the absence of the US intervention are well debated and substantiated by experts and ordinary citizens whose lives have been affected by the American presence in different regions.
The film's main expert is Niall Ferguson PHD. Niall is very well reputed in the documentary world, he has co-authored many docs at BBC and Chanel4 in the UK and he's the author of several volumes on world history. He contributes on regular basis on a number of Current Events magazines in the US and Europe.
"The World Without US" is conclusive, politically charged and opinionated, making for good drama while staying true to the facts and journalistic integrity.
Current Project- "China- Rebirth of a Nation" - And what it means for the rest of us.
A Documentary about the rise of China as a global superpower. Scheduled to be released mid January 2011.
From a quiet agricultural society, China has risen in the last 20 years to be the 4 largest world economies. During this time the Chinese leadership, the Chinese Communist Party, has raised out of poverty 450 million people, roughly the equivalent of the entire population of South America.
No government has accomplished such a feat in such a short time. What makes it "amazing" is the fact that China has accomplished all this development without the institutions that the West holds dear and sacrosanct. The right to property is still not recognized in today's China, there is no freedom of speech and the judicial system is corrupt and inefficient, there is no Government accountability to the voters.
Are we witnessing a new political system that will parallel and possibly surpass the western type "Liberal Democracy"? Or is China's growth just a temporary fluke based on the huge supply of cheap labor?
"China's Amazing Rise" will debate these questions by juxtaposing China's rise to America's shrinking in terms of GDP and population. The film will consist out of four chapters: "The Factories", "The Trade", "The Money" and "The People". Each chapter will b a in-depth investigation in the policies and techniques China has used to obtain it's miraculous growth. The film will also explore the longer term implications that China's success will have on the rest of the developed world and mainly the US.
The film is scheduled for completion in January 2010. Due the timeliness of the subject matter, a number of Television Networks have shown an interest already, assuring the film a worldwide distribution.