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The Fourth World War

2003 film by Richard Rowley

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionFeb 25, 2026
Entity authorityQ935954 ↗
Source-derived summary

The Fourth World War is a 2003 documentary film directed by Richard Rowley and Jacqueline Soohen. Its subject is various current or recent resistance movements in different parts of the world.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “The Fourth World War” as 2003 film by Richard Rowley. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Fourth, World and film.

Editorial reviewBest approached as a cultural-object dossier: authorship and date matter, but circulation and reception often explain the wider significance. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2003—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 2003-01-01. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Fourth, World and film providing the first useful test.
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Evidence profile

Attribution, date and provenance are strongest when supported by the original work, a catalogue record and documented transmission. The source revision retrieved here is dated Feb 25, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q935954. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2003.

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This entry incorporates text from “The Fourth World War” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.