SIOUX CITY, IA – From secret to societies to assassinations. From illegal government LSD experiments to to alien antimatter disasters. From phony eyewitnesses to fictitious celebrity relatives. Jeva Singh-Anand's short video, “The Moon Hoax,” has it all. Starring as Professor Benedict Zaroff of the fictitious Center for Illuminati Studies, he takes the viewer on a thirteen minute long tour de farce through today's bizarre conspiracy culture.
“Nobody went to the moon,” Professor Zaroff explains, “Because the moon doesn't exist anymore.”
The hows, wheres and whys involve a complicated mishmash of warring secret societies and government cover ups. To back up his dubious claims, he produces even more dubious experts and eyewitnesses, such as “1978 Nobel prize laureate” Dr. Stanton Rutherford and Neil Armstrong's “younger sister” Natasha.
The film is shot in documentary style, but it is the sloppy journalism of conspiracy theorists. It's the kind of journalism that presents Sioux City's Terra Centre as “NASA Headquarters,”
Viewer response has been positive so far, Singh-Anand said, although some comments have surprised him.
“Good thing you put (in) the disclaimer,”
“I find it hard to believe that what you are presenting in this documentary is factual. At least entirely,” wrote another.
To Singh-Anand, these comments indicate how powerfully hypnotic the mass media have become. The internet, which allows people to pick and choose their sources of information, has only added to the confusion. While he views the widespread proliferation of information through the web as a positive thing, he cautions that people have to critically evaluate what they see.
“People still have to do their homework in these matters,” he said.
The video's cast features Jeva Singh-Anand, Edward Allen, PhD., Jacki Saeemodaeraee, Willard Freemont, and Bobie Themm-Martinez.
“The Moon Hoax” is available for free viewing at http://www.motheroflies.com .
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