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A Simple Case for Torture, or How to Sleep at Night

1983· 1h 3m

Documentary

Directed by Martha Rosler

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Overview

Artist Martha Rosler identifies the totalitarian implications of an argument for torture under certain circumstances, as it appears in the editorial pages of Newsweek magazine.

Cast

Martha Rosler

Martha Rosler

Reader

Lyn Blumenthal

Reader

John Strauss

Reader

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