America's history of propaganda movies didn't start with the cheesy one made for Kim Jong-un

Thursday, June 14, 2018 - 12:00am


The White House made a four-minute movie for the Trump-Kim summit earlier this week. It was intended for an audience of one: Kim Jong-un, and includes many hallmarks of North Korean propaganda films. Host Marco Werman discusses the film and the history of US propaganda films with Nick Cull, professor of public diplomacy at the University of Southern California.