Naomi Klein's trenchant, brilliant, and sometimes alarmist book about the use of 'shock and awe' tactics to push through free-market economic reforms during times of national trauma was released late last year, but it's just now seeing wide publication in paperback.  At the time of its release, Klein released a short film via YouTube to serve as both a teaser for and audiovisual explication of the book.

The film is directed by Jonás Cuarón, and produced and co-written (with Klein) by his father, Alfonso Cuarón.  The elder Cuarón met Klein when she was researching her first book on globalism, No Logo, and sought out his advice as a leading Mexican anti-globalism advocate.  Although The Shock Doctrine was heavily downloaded at the time of its release, now seems like a good time to revisit it, both for its highly vital poltical message and its disturbing yet elegiaic cinematic qualities.