Shots From the Canon #12: ‘Manufacturing Consent’ (Mark Achbar and Peter Wintonick, 1992)

Every week or so, filmmaker and writer Robert Greene will attempt to push for a new canon of cinematic nonfiction.

Last week, Peter Wintonick died of liver cancer at the age of 60, and there have been many eulogies given on behalf of his generosity and importance to the documentary community. But the man who once stated rightly that “the first documentar…