The Last Class
Elliot Kirschner United States 2025 71 min.
A Thousand students fill the largest auditorium at the prestigious University of California, Berkeley. They all want to attend the very last lecture given by Robert Reich, an icon in American politics. He was Secretary of Labor under Clinton, author of bestsellers, and still active as a political commentator. A masterful storyteller, Reich inspires the students in his final lecture with unprecedented honesty, humor, self-reflection, and genuine emotion.
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A nuanced and deeply personal portrait of Robert Reich, one of America’s most prominent public intellectuals. Reflecting on an era of immense change, Reich revisits his lifelong work on economic inequality, while practicing the thing he loved doing most: teaching.
He offers insight into why income and wealth disparities have widened dramatically since the late 1970s and why this poses serious risks to society. Open about his own aging, he remains inspiring in his belief that the next generation can fight for a better world.
Credits
Director
Elliot Kirschner
Producer
Heather Lofthouse, Meredith DeSalazar
Cinematography
Ezra Wolfinger
Editing
Josh Melrod
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Executive producer
Ian Cheney
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Dialogues
English
Subtitling
English