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Zeitgeist Films |
Release Date:
January 16, 2019
Summary:
Coming at a moment of profound political and social crisis, What Is Democracy? reflects on a word we too often take for granted. Director Astra Taylor’s idiosyncratic, philosophical journey spans millennia and continents: from ancient Athens’ groundbreaking experiment in self-government to capitalism’s roots in medieval Italy; from modern-day Greece grappling with financial collapse and a mounting refugee crisis to the United States reckoning with its racist past and the growing gap between rich and poor. Featuring a diverse cast—including celebrated theorists, trauma surgeons, activists, factory workers, asylum seekers, and former prime ministers—this urgent film connects the past and the present, the emotional and the intellectual, the personal and the political, in order to provoke and inspire. If we want to live in democracy, we must first ask what the word even means. [Zeitgeist Films]
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Details
| Runtime: | 107 min |
| Rating: | Not Rated |
| Official Site: | https://zeitgeistfilms.com/film/whatisdemocracy |
| Production: | National Film Board of Canada (NFB) |
| Genres: | Documentary |
| Country: | CA |
| Language: | English |
| Director | Credit |
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| Astra Taylor | Director |
| Writer | Credit |
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| Astra Taylor | Writer |
| Principal Cast | Credit |
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| Angela Davis | Herself |
| Astra Taylor | Herself |
| Cornel West | Himself |
| Eleni Perdikouri | Herself |
| George A. Papandreou | Himself |
| Salam Magames | Herself |
| Silvia Federici | Herself |
| Wendy Brown | Herself |
| William Barber | Himself |
| Producer | Credit |
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| Anita Lee | Executive Producer |
| Isaac Linares | Co-Producer |
| Lea Marin | Producer |
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