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  • 2016
  • Not Rated
  • Violet Crown Films
  • 1 h 35 m
  • 2016
  • Not Rated
  • Violet Crown Films
  • 1 h 35 m

Summary Starving the Beast examines the on-going power struggle on college campuses across the nation as political and market-oriented forces push to disrupt and reform America's public universities. The film documents a philosophical shift that seeks to reframe public higher education as a "value proposition" to be borne by the beneficiary of a...

Directed By: Steve Mims

Written By: Steve Mims

  • 2016
  • Not Rated
  • Violet Crown Films
  • 1 h 35 m
  • 2016
  • Not Rated
  • Violet Crown Films
  • 1 h 35 m

Starving the Beast

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Summary Starving the Beast examines the on-going power struggle on college campuses across the nation as political and market-oriented forces push to disrupt and reform America's public universities. The film documents a philosophical shift that seeks to reframe public higher education as a "value proposition" to be borne by the beneficiary of a...

Directed By: Steve Mims

Written By: Steve Mims

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90
Sep 15, 2016
Clear-eyed and urgent.
By Sheri Linden FULL REVIEW
80
Sep 8, 2016
As an overview of the issues, the history and the players, Starving the Beast makes a powerful survey course, a prerequisite for further studies.
By Daniel M. Gold FULL REVIEW
80
Sep 8, 2016
The gutting of America's public universities is, as Steve Mims says in his documentary Starving the Beast, "one of the nation's most important and least understood fights." His film goes far in correcting that, thanks not just to his thorough research, but also a strong narrative and compelling cinematography.
By Daphne Howland FULL REVIEW
78
Sep 14, 2016
Starving the Beast does an admirable job of making even the most arcane of arguments and abstruse alliances plain and clear.
By Marc Savlov FULL REVIEW
75
Sep 1, 2016
Starving the Beast is still a worthwhile documentary.
By Stephanie Merry FULL REVIEW
70
Sep 8, 2016
Starving the Beast repeatedly sounds cautionary notes that escalate to the level of fretful alarms. And yet, for all that, the movie never seems shrill or didactic.
By Joe Leydon FULL REVIEW
70
Sep 8, 2016
Though never hard to follow, the discussion can sometimes challenge an unwonky viewer's attention span. But it contains big insights for those who wade in.
By John DeFore FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Railyard Films, Sky Indie
Release Date Sep 2, 2016
Duration 1 h 35 m
Rating Not Rated
Genres
Tagline The Battle to Disrupt and Reform America's Public Universities
Website http://www.starvingthebeast.net/
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Awards

North Carolina Film Critics Association
• 1 Nomination

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