Confronts us with our pathetic condition and refuses to offer an easy solution, because we need to work it out together.”
–The Guardian
–The New York Times
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 (Zizek!, Examined Life)’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 Angela Davis and Cornel West, 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.
IN PERSON APPEARANCES
Q&A with director Astra Taylor, and Lea Marin
& Silvia Federici at 7:35
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323 6th Ave at West 3rd St, NEW YORK • 212-924-7771
12:30pm, 2:40pm, 5:05pm, 7:35pm, 10:00pm
www.ifccenter.com
WATCH THE TRAILER
WHAT IS DEMOCRACY? will be playing around the country.
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