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from Gordon Arnold –

“Many thanks to the folks who attended last night’s talk at the Brooks Memorial Library in Brattleboro, Vermont, and especially to library director Jerry Carbone for hosting. I particularly thank members of the audience for the many enlightening comments and questions after the talk.

Next week, I’ll be discussing Conspiracy Theory in Film, Television, and Politics at the Newton Free Library on Thursday, May 21, at 7:30 p.m.  For more information call the Newton Free Library at 617-796-1360. All programs are free and open to the public, parking is free.

After that, I’m looking foward to a talk at the at the Thomas Crane Public Library in Quincy, MA on June 3, at 7 p.m.”

BOOK REVIEW UPDATE

Filmmaker Jay Craven reviews  Conspiracy Theory in Film, Television, and Politics in the May 7, 2009, edition of the  Brattleboro Reformer. (Click here to read the review.)

Craven is the director/writer of the films Stranger in the Kingdom, The Year That Trembled, Disappearances, and others.  He also directs Kingdom County Productions and teaches at Marlboro College.

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The Brooks Memorial Library in Brattleboro, Vermont, will host a talk by Conspiracy Theory in Film, Television, and Politics author Gordon Arnold on Wednesday, May 13, at 7 p.m.

"Recommended"
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  • THE NEW BOOK

    OCTOBER 2008 (Westport, CT) -- Conspiracy Theory in Film, Television, and Politics was recently released by Praeger Publishers. The book, written by Gordon B. Arnold, surveys the development of the conspiracy-theory theme on screen since the early days of the cold war. The widespread growth of conspiracy-theory thinking is one of the most startling developments in American popular culture and politics. Hollywood played an important part in this story, issuing scores of movies and TV shows that often mirrored the mood of real-life politics and events.

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