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The unmaking of a college [digital videodisc] : the story of a movement / Zeitgeist in association with Kino Lorber present ; a Span Productions film ; produced by Amy Goldstein, Anouchka van Riel, Troy Takaki ; directed by Amy Goldstein.

New York, NY : Kino Lorber, [2022]

Hampshire College.

Student strikes -- Massachusetts -- Amherst.

1 videodisc (84 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in

It tells the story of the attempted takedown of one of America's most iconoclastic colleges, Hampshire College, how a group of determined students succeeded to save it, and by the same token, save their rights to an education that taught them to think critically and to expect a seat at the table. With the help of the students who filmed their 75-day sit-in (the longest in American college history), director Amy Goldstein builds a thriller-like story weaving interviews with professors, whistleblowers, students, and alumni including filmmaker Ken Burns. A raucous ode to democracy in action, the documentary reflects more broadly on a crisis in higher education and asks: what is the purpose of a college education? Can the storied tradition of the liberal arts and the nation it has created be saved?

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