Disc One: Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media
Funny and provocative, this award-winning documentary explores the political life and ideas of world-renowned linguist and political activist Noam Chomsky through a dynamic collage of biography and archival gems.
Disc Two: Wittgenstein. Directed by Derek Jarman
Jarman's hilariously irreverent and highly original biopic of Ludwig Wittgenstein stars Oscar Winner Tilda Swinton and Karl Johnson as the philosopher who preferred detective fiction and Carmen Miranda musicals to Aristotle.
Disc Three: Derrida. Directed by Kirby Dick & Amy Ziering Kofman
Created in the spirit of Jacques Derrida's groundbreaking work, this innovative and entertaining portrait of the French philosopher and father of deconstruction questions the very concept of biography itself.
Disc Four: Zizek! Directed by Astra Taylor
Called Elvis of Cultural Theory, Slovenian cultural theorist Slavoj Zizek ruminates on subjects as wide-ranging as Alfred Hitchcock, Christianity, 9/11, opera and Lenin in this captivating and erudite documentary.
Disc Five: Examined Life. Directed by Astra Taylor
Philosophy is liberated from the halls of academia through thought-provoking excursions with some of today s most famous and influential thinkers, including Cornel West, Slavoj Zizek, Judith Butler and Avital Ronell.
Disc Six: Paul Goodman Changed My Life. Directed by Jonathan Lee
An enlightening documentary profile of Growing Up Absurd author Paul Goodman, the multifaceted 1960s counterculture icon who was also a respected poet and co-founder of Gestalt Therapy
