Robert Greenwald

Robert Greenwald

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Robert Greenwald is a producer, director and political activist. He is currently focused on making short viral videos like his recent FOX ATTACKS videos (FoxAttacks.com) and THE REAL MCCAIN (TheRealMcCain.com), which were seen by almost a million people in a matter of days. His most recent full length documentary IRAQ FOR SALE: THE WAR PROFITEERS exposes what happens when corporations go to war. Greenwald is the director/producer of WAL-MART: THE HIGH COST OF LOW PRICE (2005), a documentary that uncovers the retail giant's assault on families and American values and OUTFOXED: RUPERT MURDOCH'S WAR ON JOURNALISM (2004). He also executive produced a trilogy of political documentaries: UNPRECEDENTED: THE 2000 ELECTION; UNCOVERED: THE WAR ON IRAQ (2003), which Greenwald also directed; and UNCONSTITUTIONAL (2004).

BRAVE NEW FILMS, Greenwald's new media company, uses film to tell stories that build movements and influence debate about the most important issues of the day. Brave New Films released the THE BIG BUY: TOM DELAY'S STOLEN CONGRESS in May of 2006 and recently produced two TV series: ACLU FREEDOM FILES and THE SIERRA CLUB CHRONICLES – which can be seen on Link TV, Court TV (ACLU) and via the internet.

In addition to his documentary work, Greenwald has produced and/or directed more than 50 television movies, miniseries and feature films, including: The Book of Ruth (2004), based on the best selling book by Jane Hamilton; The Crooked E: The Unshredded Truth About Enron (2003); The Burning Bed, starring Farrah Fawcett as an abused housewife; Shattered Spirits , starring Martin Sheen, about alcoholism; and Forgotten Prisoners, about the work of Amnesty International.

Greenwald also produced and directed the feature film, Steal This Movie, starring Vincent D'Onofrio as 60's radical Abbie Hoffman, as well as Breaking Up, starring Russell Crowe and Salma Hayek.

Greenwald's films have garnered 25 Emmy nominations, four cable ACE Award nominations, two Golden Globe nominations, the Peabody Award, the Robert Wood Johnson Award, and eight Awards of Excellence from the Film Advisory Board. He was awarded the 2002 Producer of the Year Award by the American Film Institute. Greenwald has been honored for his activism by the ACLU Foundation of Southern California; the L.A. chapter of the National Lawyers Guild; Physicians for Social Responsibility; New Roads School, Consumer Attorney's Association of Los Angeles, Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy and the Office of the Americas. He is a co-founder (with Mike Farrell) of "Artists United," a group of actors and others opposed to the war in Iraq, which continues to work toward publicizing progressive causes. Greenwald has lectured at Harvard University for the Nieman Fellows Foundation for Journalism and speaks frequently across the country about his work.

Blog Entries by Robert Greenwald

Arianna Discusses The Importance of Blogging on The Debut Episode of Meet The Bloggers

Posted July 19, 2008 | 11:06 AM (EST)


With Meet the Bloggers, Brave New Foundation has created a new live show that features some of the best unconventional minds on the internet today. So they would have been remiss not to have Arianna as our first...

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Send Karl Rove to Jail!

9 Comments | Posted July 18, 2008 | 10:55 AM (EST)


This sounds like a dream, doesn't it? Well, it's not. We have a unique opportunity right now to send Karl Rove to jail, but only if we take immediate action.

All we have to do is pressure the 40 members of the House Judiciary Committee, make them hold Rove...

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Watch the Premiere of Our First Live Show: Meet the Bloggers

4 Comments | Posted July 16, 2008 | 05:12 PM (EST)


You know how we're always attempting to make an impact with our films?

We helped spread the word about hard-hitting documentaries like Outfoxed, Wal-Mart, and Iraq for Sale. Brave New Films then started making its own short videos like The REAL McCain and our FOX Attacks...

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Sorry FOX, We Won't Let You Trash Michelle Obama

13 Comments | Posted July 9, 2008 | 11:17 AM (EST)


You're not going to believe what FOX is up to now--we could hardly believe it ourselves. Not only are they smearing Michelle Obama with racist stereotypes, but then they offer a feeble apology that they believe gives them the right to slander her again. That's what happened when FOX called...

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Lieberman Must Go!

12 Comments | Posted June 25, 2008 | 01:02 PM (EST)


Joe Lieberman is a war hawk, plain and simple. He staunchly supports George Bush's War in Iraq and John McCain's plan to stay in Iraq for 100 years. But Lieberman's new alliance with the Republican Party runs even deeper. He has endorsed and stumped for McCain, wants to...

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You Can't Call Yourself a Progressive Until You've Seen Pete Seeger and Majora Carter

2 Comments | Posted June 23, 2008 | 09:23 AM (EST)


"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has." -- Margaret Mead

The latest episode of This Brave Nation featuring Pete Seeger and Majora Carter epitomizes that sentiment. Pete Seeger has played an active role...

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The REAL McCain: Big Oil Fuels the Straight Talk Express

1 Comments | Posted June 17, 2008 | 10:45 AM (EST)


Gas prices are hitting all-time highs. Our country is in the midst of a recession thanks in part to our crippling dependence on oil, so what's John McCain's plan? Will he hold the corporate leaders of the energy industry accountable when he addresses them today in Houston? Probably not,...

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Don't Miss Anthony Romero and Ava Lowery in This Brave Nation Episode 3

Posted June 16, 2008 | 07:46 AM (EST)


We're in our third thrilling week of This Brave Nation, a documentary series that brings progressive activists and thinkers together in one place -- your computer screen! This week, we've paired ACLU Executive Director Anthony Romero with 17-year-old peace activist Ava Lowery for an inspiring discussion about...

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Why Do Women Give McCain a Zero?

153 Comments | Posted June 10, 2008 | 11:49 AM (EST)


John McCain's record on reproductive rights couldn't be more appalling. There, we said it! We said it because the corporate media won't confront McCain on the real issues in this election. They won't tell you, for instance, that McCain has consistently received a big fat zero from NARAL...

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See Bonnie Raitt and Dolores Huerta in This Brave Nation Episode 2

2 Comments | Posted June 8, 2008 | 03:41 PM (EST)


We're thrilled to bring you the second installment of This Brave Nation, our new online documentary series from Brave New Foundation and The Nation. This week, we're pairing legendary blues musician and activist Bonnie Raitt with iconic union organizer Dolores Huerta: two distinctly different feminists who hail from radically...

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This Brave Nation Online Premiere!

Posted June 1, 2008 | 12:06 PM (EST)


"Just take what you love doing, and do it with enough other people to make it the future."

Those are the inspired words of the Sierra Club's Executive Director Carl Pope. And it's just a snippet...

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The Wait Is Over. Our New Documentary: This Brave Nation

Posted May 13, 2008 | 01:03 PM (EST)


What inspires you? Who are your heroes?

Van Jones on green jobs? Pete Seeger's 70 years of activism? 17-year old Ava Lowery who has been protesting the Iraq war since the age of 14? Brave New Foundation and The Nation magazine have teamed up to produce...

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McCain's "Spiritual Guide" Wants America to Destroy Islam

Posted May 8, 2008 | 10:47 AM (EST)


You may have heard of Rev. John Hagee, the McCain supporter who said God created Hurricane Katrina to punish New Orleans for its homosexual "sins." Well now meet Rev. Rod Parsley, the televangelist megachurch pastor from Ohio who hates Islam. According to David Corn of Mother Jones, Parsley...

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Buyout Billionaires' Recession-Proof Secrets Revealed

Posted May 6, 2008 | 01:27 PM (EST)


How is it possible for us to be entering a recession while buyout billionaires like Henry Kravis saved $96 million through tax loopholes in 2006 alone? That's just one buyout billionaire, in one year, making use of one loophole! Just think how much these private equity crooks are costing taxpayers...

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Condi Must Go!

Posted April 16, 2008 | 02:16 PM (EST)


Thanks to a new report from ABC News, we now know that Condoleezza Rice led White House meetings authorizing torture that were so detailed, "the interrogation sessions were almost choreographed."

How can we express the terrible shock we have felt from the fact that our government is using torture?...

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John McCain Channels Dr. Strangelove

Posted January 31, 2008 | 07:19 PM (EST)


Inspired by Arianna's observation about John McCain channeling George C. Scott in Dr. Strangelove, the team at Brave New Films has put together this video (with a hat tip to MSNBC's Joe Scarborough for providing the final voice over -- and the best campaign slogan ever!) Check it...

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My Response to Rudy Giuliani's Attacks

Posted September 7, 2007 | 03:55 PM (EST)


Yesterday the Giuliani camp attacked and slandered us at Brave New Films for our release of the investigative video, The Real Rudy: Command Center. Name calling on the order of "conspiracy theorists" and "cashing in" were the levels to which they sunk. But in the age of independent media,...

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The Real Rudy

Posted September 4, 2007 | 02:37 PM (EST)


At a recent debate in Iowa, Rudy Giuliani was asked, "In 30 seconds, what is a defining mistake of your life and why?" He made a joke about how he couldn't possibly list all his mistakes in 30 seconds. Ha!

So we gave it a try. Watch The REAL...

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It's Fox Attacks Time... Again

Posted July 10, 2007 | 04:39 PM (EST)


In March we all took on Fox and we beat them. Bad. The Nevada Fox-sponsored presidential debates were canceled when our videos showing Fox's distortions were spread far and wide. Local bloggers worked like crazy, activists around the country wrote and called, and MoveOn used their strategic...

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Impeach Dick Cheney

Posted July 6, 2007 | 04:07 PM (EST)


That's right, we said the "I" word. And you should be saying it too -- to your family, your friends, your neighbors, your pets and the hearty 26% of Americans who somehow still believe the Bush/Cheney team more worthy of sitting in the Oval Office than an undisclosed location stripped...

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