Format:
DVD, Videorecording, Projected Medium, Visual Materials
Title:
What is democracy? / director, Astra Taylor.
Publisher, Date:
New York, NY : Zeitgeist Films, [2019]
Description:
1 videodisc (107 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
digital
optical
video file
DVD video
Summary:
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.
Target Audience Note:
Rating: Not rated.
Subjects:
Democracy -- History.
Political science.
Genre:
Documentary films.
Other Author:
Taylor, Astra, film director.
Marin, Lea, film producer.
McIntosh, Heather (Musician), composer.
Brown, Wendy, 1955- onscreen presenter.
Federici, Silvia, onscreen presenter.
Papandreou, GioĢrgos A., 1952- onscreen presenter.
Zeitgeist Films, publisher.
Notes:
Title from sell sheet.
Originally produced in 2018.
Wide screen.
Special features: Deleted scenes; Q&A at The Jacob Burns Film Center; trailer interview with Astra Taylor on the dig, a poscast from Jacobin Magazine.
Produced by Lea Marin ; written and directed by Astra Taylor ; music by Heather McIntosh.
Wendy Brown, Silvia Federici, George A. Papandreou.
DVD, NTSC, region 1, wide screen (1.85:1), Dolby Digital 5.1.
Publisher or Distributor Number:
K23793
Other Number:
1091058218
System Availability:
1
Current Holds:
0
# Local items:
1
Control Number:
396951
Call Number:
DVD 321.8 Wha
Course Reserves:
0
# Local items in:
1
# System items in:
1