Directed by: Johan Grimonprez

Documentary – USA, Belgium, Denmark, United Kingdom – 2016 – 94 min

Section: Focus Johan Grimonprez

A journalistic tour-de-force, Johan Grimonprez’s explosive “Shadow World”, based on Andrew Feinstein’s book of the same title, exposes the global arms trade as a system defined by corruption. Blending archival footage and expert interviews, it traces connections between disparate players – linking the Saudi royal family, Margaret Thatcher’s son, Tony Blair, the Obama administration, and the Salvadoran Contras – and shows how war and profit shape the modern world.

* Recommended for ages 12 and over.