In THE UNMAKING OF A COLLEGE, students at Hampshire College confront a new president's underhanded attempt to shut down their school and discover that a powerful institution is bullying an inexperienced administration into giving up the independence of one of the most experimenting colleges in the United States. A raucous ode to democracy in action, this film evokes the courage required to stand up to power at a time when many liberal arts colleges are failing.
“Presents Hampshire College in Massachusetts as a canary in the coal mine of liberal-arts education.” – Ben Kenigsberg, THE NEW YORK TIMES
A ZEITGEIST FILMS RELEASE in association with KINO LORBER
- Year2022
- Runtime84 minutes
- LanguageEnglish
- CountryUnited States
- DirectorAmy Goldstein
- ProducerTroy Takaki, Amy Goldstein, Anouchka van Riel
- CastKen Burns, Marlon Becerra, Joshua Berman
- EditorTroy Takaki, Caitlin Dixon, Joe Booroojian
In THE UNMAKING OF A COLLEGE, students at Hampshire College confront a new president's underhanded attempt to shut down their school and discover that a powerful institution is bullying an inexperienced administration into giving up the independence of one of the most experimenting colleges in the United States. A raucous ode to democracy in action, this film evokes the courage required to stand up to power at a time when many liberal arts colleges are failing.
“Presents Hampshire College in Massachusetts as a canary in the coal mine of liberal-arts education.” – Ben Kenigsberg, THE NEW YORK TIMES
A ZEITGEIST FILMS RELEASE in association with KINO LORBER
- Year2022
- Runtime84 minutes
- LanguageEnglish
- CountryUnited States
- DirectorAmy Goldstein
- ProducerTroy Takaki, Amy Goldstein, Anouchka van Riel
- CastKen Burns, Marlon Becerra, Joshua Berman
- EditorTroy Takaki, Caitlin Dixon, Joe Booroojian