The critically acclaimed Hijacking Catastrophe offers an accessible and indispensable guide to some of the key motivations driving current U.S. policy at home and abroad, while also examining American media coverage of the lead-up to war in Iraq.  The film serves as an especially powerful tool for understanding how political imagery and rhetoric are mobilized to win public support for complex and controversial government policies. Featuring interviews with Pentagon whistle blower Lt. Col. Karen Kwiatkowski, former chief U.N. weapons inspector Scott Ritter, Nobel Prize winner Jody Williams, MIT professor Noam Chomsky, media critic Mark Crispin Miller, novelist Norman Mailer, and many others.  This update of the critically-acclaimed documentary features the theatrical version of the film, along with ten new post-election interviews with prominent political observers on topics ranging form the 2004 presidential campaign to the Democratic Party's struggle to define itself in a time of war. New interviews include: Van Jones; Naomi Klein; Thomas Frank; Mel Goodman; George Lakoff; Norman Mailer; Cindy Sheehan; Craig Unger; Tim Wise; and Howard Zinn. 76 min. – 2006.