SUPERPOWER the Movie

Superpower is an award-winning, Political & Historical documentary film that goes behind the scenes of America’s national security apparatus and military actions. Far from a conspiracy film about the dangers of government secrets and regime change, this film straddles the philosophical divide and allows viewers to understand the US quest for global dominance through economic and military strategy that is exposed through review of historical events, personal interviews, and analysis of US foreign policy.

The heart of Superpower lies in the analysis produced from a re-examination of history through a series of interviews with historians, documentarians, and academians such as Bill Blum, Chalmers Johnson, Michael Chossudovsky, and Noam Chomsky, and others with expertise in this subject such as the Executive Producer of The Unit, Command Sergeant (Ret.) Eric Haney; former Chief Economist for the US Department of Labor, Morgan Reynolds; three-time Noble Peace Prize nominee, Kathy Kelly; and Lt. Col. (Ret) Karen Kwiatkowski. This movie examins key moments in and presents a possible set of motives for US foreign policy actions guided by global expansion and military dominance, rather than the calls for democracy and totalitarian regime change.

Superpower presents a view of US foreign policy, which lies in contrast to that depicted by corporate media, popular pundits, and US heads of state. With the fall of the Soviet Union, the US has emerged as the preeminent superpower of the world. Superpower illustrates how the United States has chosen to leverage that position to pursue a grand strategy which will ensure itself unilateral world domination through absolute economic and military superiority. It shows a consistent pattern of government deception.

The United States emerged from World War II with its industrial base still intact and the only nation with the atomic bomb. It was without question the most powerful country on earth. What was done with this unprecedented power, the effects it's had on itself and the rest of the world is the central theme of Superpower.

Awards

Superpower is the winner of Honorable Mention in the 2008 Route 66 Film Festival. In the 2008 August Sun Film & Television Festival Superpower was nominated for Best Feature Documentary, and was nominated for The Grand Peace Award. The director, Barbara-Anne Steegmuller, was the recipient of The Director Award at the 2008 August Sun Film & Television Festival. Superpower was accepted into the 2008 DOK Market Digital in Leipzig, Germany.

Talent

The host/narrator of Superpower is the actress Christy Johnson. Her band, DREAMKILLER, wrote and performed the theme song RAGNARÖK in the credits.

The executive producer/producer/director/writer, Barbara-Anne Steegmuller, is the first cousin-once-removed of the famous writer and Flaubert scholar, Francis Steegmuller (1906 - 1994). He lived in New York City with his second wife, the writer Shirley Hazzard, who is also a writer. Columbia University and Yale University hold his collected papers.

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