| Description |
1 streaming video file (82 min.) : sound, color |
| Summary |
A former Marine and a public school teacher find themselves broke and unable to sustain their livelihoods through their jobs. Activated by the energy of the 2016 Sanders campaign and the murmurs of a state-wide teacher strike, both turn to socialism, a once-fringe ideology, to tackle problems larger than themselves. With inequality growing and a climate catastrophe looming, many Americans wonder whether capitalism is to blame. But what is the alternative? Socialism is plagued by conflicting definitions. Is it dictatorship or democracy? Reform or revolution? This film explores where American socialism has been, how it was suppressed, and imagines what a renewed American socialism might look like |
| Credits |
Director, Yael Bridge ; producers, Yael Bridge, Morgan Spector, Eden Wurmfeld ; cinematographer, Eric Phillips-Horst ; editor, Christie Herring ; music, Osei Essed, Giosuè Greco |
| Performer |
, New York University ; John Nichols, author of The S-Word ; Stephanie Price, Public School Teacher ; Kshama Sawant, Seattle City Council ; Matt Karp, Princeton University ; Eric Blanc, author of Red State Revolt ; Naomi Klein, author of This Changes Everything ; Brian Reilly, Little White Schoolhouse Museum ; Lee J. Carter, Virginia State Delegate, District 50 ; Kate Aronoff, author of We Own the Future ; Scott Inman, OK House Minority Leader ; Ricardo Núñez, Sustainable Economies Law Center ; Richard D. Wolff, University of Massachusetts ; DiCarlo Johnson, Evergreen Cooperatives ; John McMicken, Evergreen Cooperatives ; Brett Jones, Evergreen Cooperatives ; Donna Haverty-Stacke, Hunter College CUNY ; Anita Zeidler, Wisconsin Socialist Party ; Aims McGuinness, University of Wisconsin ; Nicole Aschoff, author of The New Prophets of Capital ; Mike Jacobs, Grand Forks Herald ; Rozanne Emerson Junker, author of The Bank of North Dakota ; John Pearson, Emergency Room Nurse ; Bernie Sanders, U.S. Senator from Vermont |
| Notes |
In English ; closed captioning available |
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Description from landing page (Film Platform, viewed December 14, 2021) |
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Socialism -- United States -- History
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Socialists -- United States -- History
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Socialism
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Socialists
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United States -- Economic policyxHistory
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United States
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Streaming video
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documentary film.
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Documentary films
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Feature films
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History
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Nonfiction films
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Documentary films.
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Nonfiction films.
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Feature films.
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Documentaires.
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Films autres que de fiction.
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Streaming video
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| Author |
Bridge, Yael, film director, film producer
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Spector, Morgan, 1980- film producer.
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Wurmfeld, Eden H., film producer.
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Phillips-Horst, Eric. director of photography.
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Herring, Christie, editor of moving image work.
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Flat Five Productions. production company
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Meerkat Media Collective. production company.
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Wayland Productions Ltd. production company
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Film Platform, film distributor.
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