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What is democracy?

What is democracy?

DVD 2019

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 wit...

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Description:
1 videodisc (107 minutes) : sound, colour ; 4 3/4 inches
digital optical surround Dolby Digital 5.1, 2.0
video file DVD video region 1
polychrome
Target Audience Note:
E
Canadian Home Video Rating: Not rated
Notes:
Originally produced in 2018
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
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Wide screen
Canadiana
Wendy Brown, Silvia Federici, George A. Papandreou
DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1, 2.0
For private home use only
In English with English subtitles
Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired
Control Number:
2694932
UPC:
738329237936
Other Authors:
Brown, Wendy, 1955-
Federici, Silvia, on-screen participant
Papandreou, Geōrgios Andreou, 1888-1968, on-screen participant
Taylor, Astra, film director, screenwriter, on-screen participant
Zeitgeist Films, film distributor
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