Screening and Q+A. The promise of the American Dream is still integrated into the fabric of the contemporary U.S. imagination, but many of us wonder: Is it still achievable? Kelly Nyks documentary Requiem for the American Dream is dedicated to the topic of social evolution. Based on Noam Chomsky book “Requiem of the American Dream”, the documentary shows the renowned American professor and intellectual, who discusses the topic by outlining ten principle of the concentration of wealth and power as well as the question: How has it come about that fewer and fewer people are becoming financially strong and politically influential? What characterizes the shift in social dynamics that we are facing currently?
After the screening, Nyks will be available to dicsuss the movie and for questions to give an insight into his career as a film maker and his experiences and processes of creating documentaries on an international level.
Kelly Nyks is an Emmy nominated filmmaker and New York Times best seller. He has worked across the Americas, Asia and Europe, and was recently Artist-in-Residence at Harvard University in the Faculty of Arts and Science. He lives in New York City.
In English
Location: Kino Atelier, Vor dem Haagtor 1, 72070 Tübingen
Admission: 3 €
In cooperation with Kino Atelier and the Friedrich Naumann-Stiftung für die Freiheit
