Noam Chomsky is widely regarded as one of the most important contemporary thinkers. In a final series of interviews - recorded over a period of four years - he dissects contemporary capitalist society.

He goes back to the founding of the United States, when the foundations were laid, and reveals how, especially in recent decades, everything has become focused on the rich becoming richer. How did we arrive at this juncture in history where there is a historically unprecedented gap between rich and poor? He offers a clear explanation of why the middle class is disappearing and how democracy is dying out at the expense of a handful of powerful players. Chomsky claims that it is increasingly an illusion to think that you can detach yourself from the class you were born in and that everyone, whatever their background, can belong to the rich happy few.

Profound, but clarifying interviews are interspersed with historically relevant images and insightful animation. 'Requiem for the American Dream’ is an understandable and convincing exposition of Chomsky's vision on society and a must-see for anyone who is interested in the dangerous pitfalls of democracy in a capitalist society.

The screening on the first of May will be followed by the  DOCVILLE+ Session "Is het verdwijnen van de middenklasse in gevaar?". Entrance to this debate is free of chrage.
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