Requiem for the American Dream

2015 · 73 min · ★ 7.7 / 10 · 209 votes

Documentary

Through interviews filmed over four years, Noam Chomsky unpacks the principles that have brought us to the crossroads of historically unprecedented inequality – tracing a half-century of policies designed to favor the most wealthy at the expense of the majority – while also looking back on his own life of activism and political participation. He provides penetrating insight into what may well be the lasting legacy of our time – the death of the middle class, and swan song of functioning democracy.

Cast

Noam Chomsky

Director

Kelly Nyks, Jared P. Scott, Peter D. Hutchison