What is democracy?
(DVD) 

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Contributors
Taylor, Astra, film director,
Marin, Lea, film producer.
Kennedy, Robert (Film editor), editor of moving image work.
Bankovic, Maya, director of photography.
McIntosh, Heather (Musician), composer (expression)
Published
New York, NY : Zeitgeist Films, 2019.
Format
DVD
Status
Port Angeles - Digital Video Disc
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Published
New York, NY : Zeitgeist Films, 2019.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (107 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
UPC
738329237936

Notes

General Note
Originally produced in 2018.
General Note
Title from disc label.
General Note
Wide screen.
General Note
Special features: Deleted scenes; Q & A at the Jacob Burns Film Center; Trailer interview with director Astra Taylor on The Dig, a podcast from Jacobin Magazine.
Creation/Production Credits
Editor, Robert Kennedy ; director of photography, Maya Bankovic ; music by Heather McIntosh.
Participants/Performers
Wendy Brown, Silvia Federici, George A. Papandreou.
Description
Director Astra Taylor's idiosyncratic, philosophical journey spans millennia and continents, from ancient Athens's 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.
Description
Coming at a moment of profound political and social crisis, What Is Democracy? reflects on a word we too often take for granted. What does it mean for the people to rule-and is that something we even want? Director Astra Taylor's idiosyncratic philosophical journey takes us 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. Celebrated theorists Silvia Federici, Cornel West, Wendy Brown, and Angela Davis are joined by trauma surgeons, activists, factory workers, asylum seekers, former prime ministers, and others. 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 a democracy, we must first ask what the word even means.
Target Audience
Not rated.
System Details
DVD, NTSC; region 1, wide screen (1.85:1), Dolby digital 5.1 and 2.0 stereo.
Language
In English with optional English SDH subtitles; closed captioned.