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WHAT IS DEMOCRACY?
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Completed - ENGLISH-CANADA, FRENCH-CANADIAN - Documentary, Historical, Art - Culture - 107 minutes

Log Line

What Is Democracy?, is a philosophical journey
grounded in Astra Taylor’s quest to better understand
the paradoxes, pleasures, and problems of democracy
around the world.




Year of production : 2018

Director(s) : Astra TAYLOR
 Producer(s) : Lea MARIN (NATIONAL FILM BOARD OF CANADA / OFFICE NATIONAL DU FILM DU CANADA)

Synopsis

What Is Democracy?, is a philosophical journey
grounded in Astra Taylor’s quest to better understand
the paradoxes, pleasures, and problems of democracy
around the world. By interweaving contemporary
examples of democratic struggle and conversations
with leading political theorists, the film reveals and
investigates timeless themes, while linking the past
and the present to provoke and inspire.

Production

Country(ies) : CANADA

Festivals and Awards

Toronto - TIFF 2018 TIFF Docs


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