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Requiem for the American Dream

Documentary

2015, Movie, 1h 13min

Through interviews filmed over four years, Noam Chomsky unpacks the principles that have brought us to the crossroads of historically unprecedented inequality – tracing a half-century of policies designed to favor the most wealthy at the expense of the majority – while also looking back on his own life of activism and political participation. He provides penetrating insight into what may well be the lasting legacy of our time – the death of the middle class, and swan song of functioning democracy.

Country: United States

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Critic Godfrey Cheshire

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...couldn’t be more timely, not only because the idea that it is its heart—the impact of the concentration of wealth and power on our politics...

Read full review at Roger Ebert

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Requiem for the American Dream is a powerful and thought-provoking documentary that explores the deliberate concentration of wealth and power in the hands of a select few, and the devastating impact it has had on the middle class and democracy. Through a series of interviews with renowned intellectual Noam Chomsky, the film unpacks the principles that have led to historically unprecedented inequality, tracing back to policies designed to favor the wealthy at the expense of the majority. Personal and profound, the film offers a penetrating insight into the lasting legacy of our time – the death of the middle class and the swan song of functioning democracy. A must-see for anyone who still holds hope for a shared stake in the future.

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