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Requiem for the American Dream

Requiem for the American Dream

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Status

Released

Release Date

Apr 18, 2015

Runtime

1h 13m

Genres

Documentary

User Score

77%

Original Title

Requiem for the American Dream

Production Companies

PF Pictures, Naked City Films

Director

Kelly Nyks

Revenue

$44,695

Description

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.