The Trap: What Happened to Our Dream of Freedom

We Will Force You To Be Free

Miniseries    Episode 3
March 25, 2007    60m
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The final program focused on the concepts of positive and negative liberty introduced in the 1950s by Isaiah Berlin. Curtis briefly explained how negative liberty could be defined as freedom from coercion and positive liberty as the opportunity to strive to fulfill one's potential. Tony Blair had read Berlin's essays on the topic and wrote to him in the late 1990s, arguing that positive and negative liberty could be mutually compatible. He never received a reply, as Berlin was on his death bed.
Directed By
Adam Curtis
Written By
Adam Curtis

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Cast of We Will Force You To Be Free
  • Adam CurtisNarrator
  • Yevgeny KiselyovSelf
  • Ronald ReaganSelf (archive footage)
  • Tony BlairSelf (archive footage)
  • Boris YeltsinSelf (archive footage)
  • Vladimir PutinSelf (archive footage)
  • Margaret ThatcherSelf (archive footage)
  • Bill ClintonSelf (archive footage)

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