At Berkeley
First screened in September 2013
Director: Frederick Wiseman. Documentary ranging over the administrative, intellectual, topographic, and political life of the campus at the University of California, Berkeley in 2010, heading toward a widespread protest against state disinvestment and rising student fees.
Twitter Capsule: Prodigious in every sense. Typically lucid institutional survey, comprising many views of what politics and ideas mean.

Photo © 2013 Zipporah Films
Not yet reviewed in full. Grade: A


Awards:
National Society of Film Critics: Best Documentary Feature (tie)

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