The Bronswik Affair (French: L'Affaire Bronswik) is a 1978 Canadian short film, directed by Robert Awad and André Leduc for the National Film Board of Canada.
[1][2] An animated mockumentary, the film satirizes advertising and marketing[3] through the story of Bronswik, a fictional manufacturer of television sets which feature special technology designed to disable viewers' ability to resist advertising pitches, spawning a frenzied addiction to consumerism[4] which leads to a political and social crisis.
[5] The film had a budget of $106,618 (equivalent to $457,642 in 2023).
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