The American ruling class [videorecording] : a dramatic-documentary-musical / Maitland Primrose ; the Press & the Public Project present ; written by Lewis Lapham ; produced by Libby Handros ; directed by John Kirby
- Published
- Oley, PA : Bullfrog Films, [2007]
- Edition
- Standard format.
- Physical Description
- 1 videodisc (90 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
- Additional Creators
- Lapham, Lewis H., Handros, Libby, Kirby, John, Naqvi, Qasim, Burwell, Caton, Cantagallo, Paul, Silver-Greenberg, Jessica, Witherspoon, Hollis, Press and the Public Project, Maitland Primrose Film Distribution, and Bullfrog Films
Related Resources
- Official website: www.theamericanrulingclass.org
- Language Note
- In English; closed-captioned.
- Summary
- Is there an American ruling class, and if so, how do you join? Two hapless Yale grads embark on a star-studded journey of meetings with America's establishment to unearth some uncomfortable answers and find out the truth about what the future really holds for them. A dramatic, musical, documentary satire on class in America that attempts to answer the question "Who rules America?".
- Subject(s)
- Genre(s)
- ISBN
- 1594587035
9781594587030 - Note
- Originally produced in 2005; additional material, c2007.
"The film that you're about to see sometimes makes fictitious use of actual people and places" -- Opening screens.
Container insert includes a statement from Lewis Lapham.
Special features: "classroom version" (bleeped); optional audio commentary by Kirby & Handros. - Creation/Production Credits Note
- Director of photography, Mark Benjamin ; edited by Leah O'Donnell and John Kirby ; original score by Qasim Ali Naqvi ; musical numbers written & performed by Lucas Johnson-Yahraus and The What.
- Participant/Performer Note
- Caton Burwell, Paul Cantagallo, Jessica Silver-Greenberg, Hollis Witherspoon.
Introduced by Lewis Lapham. - Data/Place of Event
- Filmed at Yale University and in New York.
- Technical Details
- DVD, NTSC.
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