Arguing the World (1997)
Directed by Joseph Dorman
Sub-Genres - Biography, Social Issues |
Release Date - Jan 7, 1998 (USA) |
Run Time - 106 min. |
Countries - United States |
MPAA Rating - NR
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Synopsis by Bhob Stewart
Joseph Dorman wrote and directed this biographical documentary tracing four Jewish intellectuals from NYC's City College during WW II to the present day -- political essayist Irving Kristol, sociologist Nathan Glazer, the late socialist literary critic Irving Howe (who died in 1993), and social theorist Daniel Bell. At CCNY, debates raged in the school's cafeteria, later continuing in the pages of influential academic journals. Alan Rosenberg narrates. Shown at the 1997 Boston Jewish Film Festival.
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ideals, social-commentary, theory, intellectual, Jewish, politics
