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An incisive and humorous satire on American foreign policy, THIS BLOODY BLUNDERING BUSINESS traces the history of American intervention in the Philippines following the Spanish-American War. A silent movie format with lively ragtime piano music is combined with a dramatically understated narration and excerpts from "newsreels" of the period to reveal the nature of American attitudes toward Third World peoples and cultures. While the film provides an impressively documented analysis of America? "Manifest Destiny," it also offers compelling insights into that period? significant parallels with contemporary American foreign policy. "An important study of the roots of one aspect of American foreign policy, it presents fascinating parallels between the U.S. experience in the Philippines and its experience Vietnam." -William Sloan, Editor, Film Library Quarterly. Directed by: Peter Davis

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Originally produced by Villon Films in 1971

Mode of access: World Wide Web

In English