Desc: American Zeitgeist: Directed by Rob McGann. With Tariq Ali, Paul Berman, Richard Bulliet, Noam Chomsky. American Zeitgeist is a feature length documentary by filmmaker Rob McGann that offers a historical look at the War on Terrorism from 1979 through 2006. The narrative of American Zeitgeist is woven out of more than 40 in-depth interviews with leading experts on terrorism, U.S. foreign policy, Islam and Middle Eastern studies.