The film attempts to expose how the American government over 50 years has tried to strum up war effort using the media as a tool. WAR MADE EASY gives special attention to parallels between the Vietnam war and the war in Iraq.
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Loretta Alper is an acclaimed documentary filmmaker known for her compelling storytelling and commitment to social justice. With a career spanning over three decades, she has made significant contributions to the documentary genre, focusing on issues related to culture, identity, and community. Born in the United States, Alper developed a passion for film at an early age, influenced by her love of storytelling and the power of visual media to evoke change.
Jeremy Earp is the production director of the Media Education Foundation (MEF). He has directed, co-directed, written and co-written more than a dozen MEF films on the social, political and cultural impact of corporate media and political propaganda, including “Hijacking Catastrophe: 9/11, Fear & the Selling of American Empire” (2004); “War Made Easy: How Presidents & Pundits Keep Spinning Us to Death” (2007); “Not Just a Game: Power, Politics & American Sports” (2010); “The Purity Myth: The Virginity Movement’s War on Women” (2011); “Tough Guise 2: Violence, Manhood & American Culture” (2013), “The Great White Hoax: Donald Trump and the Politics of Race & Class in America” (2017); and “The Bystander Moment: Transforming Rape Culture at Its Roots” (2018). Prior to joining MEF in 2002, Earp taught at New School University and Parsons School of Design in New York City, at the Art Institute of Boston and Northeastern University in Massachusetts, and worked as a news and sports reporter for a daily newspaper in the Greater Boston area.