This is a short promotional film by Alfonso Cuarón for Naomi Klein's new book, The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism. Friends of Milton Friedman may cry foul, but it is stunningly powerful propaganda. As Dwight Gardner at Papercuts suggests, it ups the ante on what publishers may do to promote a book.

John Gray,"The End of the World as We Know It," Guardian, 15 September, reviews Naomi Klein, The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism. Thanks to Paper Cuts and galleycat for the tip.