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Jean Ziegler: The Optimism of Willpower

Jean Ziegler: The Optimism of Willpower

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Status

Released

Release Date

Nov 23, 2016

Runtime

1h 33m

Genres

Documentary

User Score

56%

Original Title

Jean Ziegler, l'optimisme de la volonté

Production Companies

Dreampixies, SRG SSR, ARTE GEIE, RTS, SRF

Director

Nicolas Wadimoff

Description

In 1964, Che Guevara asked the young Jean Ziegler to stay in Switzerland to fight in the "Monster brain" capitalist. Since then, Jean Ziegler nerve stops fighting against injustices as a public writer, a speaker and as a Kofi Annan collaborator. During a trip to Cuba, his ideas are challenged by what he discover on the island.