Velvet Prisons: Russell Jacoby on American Academia

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This provocative documentary on maverick academic Russell Jacoby explores the ignominious fate of public intellectuals, the neutering of radicalism in American public life, and the need for daring Utopian thought.

Documentary  Biography  History

Directed by

Kurt Jacobsen, Warren Leming

Starring

Russell Jacoby, Warren Leming, Hugh Iglarsh, Kurt Jacobsen, Dan Gantner