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Pierre Carles (April 2, 1962) is a French
France

France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
 documentarist
Documentary film

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, who has often been compared to Michael Moore
Michael Moore

Michael Francis Moore is an Academy Award-winning United States filmmaker, author and Modern liberalism in the United States political commentator....
 for his use of the documentary form to denounce mainstream media
Mass media

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, which he accuses of having conflicts of interest .








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Pierre Carles (April 2, 1962) is a French
France

France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
 documentarist
Documentary film

Documentary film is a broad category of visual expression that is based on the attempt, in one fashion or another, to "document" reality. Although "documentary film" originally referred to movies shot on film stock, it has subsequently expanded to include video and new media productions that can be either direct-to-video or made for a televis...
, who has often been compared to Michael Moore
Michael Moore

Michael Francis Moore is an Academy Award-winning United States filmmaker, author and Modern liberalism in the United States political commentator....
 for his use of the documentary form to denounce mainstream media
Mass media

Mass media is a term used to denote a section of the media specifically envisioned and designed to reach a mainstream such as the population of a nation state....
, which he accuses of having conflicts of interest .

Filmography

  • Juppé, forcément, 1995, on the role of regional media during the election of Alain Juppé
    Alain Juppé

    Alain Marie Jupp? is a French right-wing politician who served as Prime Minister of France from 1995 to 1997, under President Jacques Chirac. In December 2004 Jupp? was convicted of mishandling public funds; his political career was subsequently suspended until he was re-elected as Mayor of Bordeaux in October 2006....
     as mayor of Bordeaux.
  • Pas vu pas pris, 1998, ordered then censored by Canal Plus.
  • La sociologie est un sport de combat, 2001, on Pierre Bourdieu
    Pierre Bourdieu

    Pierre Bourdieu was an acclaimed France Sociology and writer known for his outspoken political views and public engagement. One of the principal players in French intellectual life, Bourdieu became the "intellectual reference" for movements opposed to neo-liberalism and globalisation that developed in France and elsewhere during the 1990s....
    .
  • Enfin pris?, 2002
  • Attention danger travail, (co-directed with Christophe Coello et Stéphane Goxe), 2003
  • Volem rien foutre al païs, (co-directed with Christophe Coello et Stéphane Goxe), 2006 (including scenes on the Dinero gratis group in Barcelona or the okupa movement in Spain. Theme of the film is on how to make a living without working: anti-work
    Anti-work

    The anti-work ethic states that Work tends to cause unhappiness, therefore, the quantity of labor ought to be lessened. The ethic appears to have originated in anarchist circles and to have come to prominence with essays such as In praise of idleness by Betrand Russell, The Abolition of Work by Bob Black , published in 1985....
    )
  • Ni vieux, ni traîtres, (co-directed with Georges Minangoy), 2006, about Action directe
    Action Directe

    Action Directe can mean:* Action Directe , the 1970s and 1980s France urban guerrilla group* Squamish Five, sometimes known as Action Directe...
    , a far left terrorist group.
  • Le Désarroi esthétique, 2006, on the publicist Daniel Robert
    Daniel Robert

    Daniel Robert is an American set decorator. He was nominated for an Academy Award in the category Academy Award for Best Art Direction for the film Interiors....
    .


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