Past screening

Capital in the Twenty-First Century

Directed by: Justin Pemberton
Runtime: 1hr 43min Year: 2019

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Directed by: Justin Pemberton
Runtime: 1hr 43min Year: 2019
Country: France, New Zealand
Topics: Sociopolitical

Capital in the Twenty-First Century is an eye-opening journey through wealth and power, shining a new light on the world around us and its growing inequalities.

Adapting one of the most groundbreaking and powerful books of our time, Capital in the Twenty-First Century is an eye-opening journey through wealth and power, that breaks the popular assumption that the accumulation of capital runs hand in hand with social progress.

Traveling through time from the French Revolution and other huge global shifts, two world wars and through to the rise of new technologies today, the film assembles accessible pop-culture references coupled with interviews with some of the world’s most influential experts delivering an insightful and empowering journey through the past and into our future.