Vita Activa: The Spirit of Hannah Arendt

Name: Vita Activa: The Spirit of Hannah Arendt
Genre: Documentary
Released: April 6, 2016
Duration: 125 min
Rating: 66

2016

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Zeitgeist Films | Release Date: April 6, 2016 | Not Rated

Summary: The German-Jewish philosopher Hannah Arendt caused an uproar in the 1960s by coining the subversive concept of the "Banality of Evil" when referring to the trial of Adolph Eichmann, which she covered for the New Yorker magazine. Her private life was no less controversial thanks to her early love affair with the renowned German philosopherThe German-Jewish philosopher Hannah Arendt caused an uproar in the 1960s by coining the subversive concept of the "Banality of Evil" when referring to the trial of Adolph Eichmann, which she covered for the New Yorker magazine. Her private life was no less controversial thanks to her early love affair with the renowned German philosopher and Nazi supporter Martin Heidegger. This documentary, with its abundance of archival materials, offers an intimate portrait of the whole of Arendt's life, traveling to places where she lived, worked, loved, and was betrayed, as she wrote about the open wounds of modern times. [Zeitgeist Films]… Expand

Director: Ada Ushpiz

Genre(s): Documentary

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 125 min

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