Pitch People

Since the late 18th century American legal decision that the business corporation organizational model is legally a person, it has become a dominant...

A battalion, preceded by three riders and a military marching band, parades in front of the crowd. A man is manoeuvring a handcart bearing the...

Documentary about best-selling author and informercial pioneer Kevin Trudeau.

Helvetica is a feature-length independent film about typography, graphic design and global visual culture. It looks at the proliferation of one...

A documentary exploring the birth, death and resurrection of illustrated movie poster art. Through interviews with a number of key art personalities...

Every year, thousands of commercials are made that never reach our TV screens, deemed too shocking to see. In order to make it onto the screen, they...

The personal odysseys of some of the most influential advertising visionaries of all time and the stories behind their campaigns.

Arguing that advertising not only sells things, but also ideas about the world, media scholar Sut Jhally offers a blistering analysis of commercial...

A disturbing collection of 1940s and 1950s United States government-issued propaganda films designed to reassure Americans that the atomic bomb was...

PBS Frontline takes an in-depth look at the multibillion-dollar "persuasion industries" of advertising and public relations and how marketers have...

A travelogue through the diverse neighborhoods of Madrid, its picturesque streets and its history; and an approach, with a sense of humor, to the...

Programming the Nation? takes an encompassing look at the history of subliminal messaging in America. According to many authorities, since the late...