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Jean Ziegler, the optimism of willpower

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Jean Ziegler, the optimism of willpoweraka

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Jean Ziegler, l'optimisme de la volonté

Year

2016

Running time

93 min.

Country

Switzerland

Director

Nicolas Wadimoff

Screenwriter

Emmanuel Gétaz, Nicolas Wadimoff

Cast

Documentary, Self: Jean Ziegler

Producer

Dreampixies

Genre

Documentary

Synopsis

In 1964, Jean Ziegler was asked by Che Guevara to fight the "capitalist Monster". Former collaborator of Kofi Annan, professor and writer, Ziegler's books still act as a manifesto to left-wing intelligentsia. At the UN Human Rights Council, he fights against "vulture funds", a new avatar of the "Monster". He goes back to Cuba, in his opinion the mother of all anticapitalist forces. The visit becomes a dialogue between reality and symbolism, confronting his thinking with today's Cuban destiny.

Awards: 2016: Swiss Film Awards: Nominated for Best Documentary

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Jean Ziegler, the optimism of willpower

2016

Nicolas Wadimoff