What Is Democracy? (2019)

Directed by

Astra Taylor

Genre

documentary film

Country

Canada

Runtime

1h 47m

Rated

14A

Rating

6.0 of 10 from 4 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary mixes everyday conversations with political theory to explore what democracy means. It features a range of people from academics to a barber sharing their views. The film looks at current issues like the Greek debt crisis and suggests that modern democracy has problems.

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What happens

What Is Democracy? is a 2018 documentary film written and directed by Astra Taylor. The documentary blends everyday experience and political theory to address questions viewed as central to democracy. Interview subjects include academics, activists, politicians, refugees, trauma surgeons, students, and a barber. While attempting to address the primary question, the documentary also looks at pressing issues of contemporary times, including the Greek debt crisis. In the documentary, Taylor suggests that the current form of democracy is bad and people should seek a more direct democracy. Reviewers noted that the documentary never directly answers the title question. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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