Capital in the Twenty First Century (2019)
An eye-opening journey through wealth and power, a film that breaks the popular assumption that the accumulation of capital runs hand in hand with social progress, and shines a new light on today's growing inequalities. Traveling through time, the film assembles accessible pop-culture references coupled with interviews of some of the world's most influential experts delivering an insightful and empowering journey. Based on the book by Thomas Piketty.
Primary Title
- Capital in the Twenty First Century
Date Broadcast
- Monday 19 April 2021
Release Year
- 2019
Start Time
- 20 : 30
Finish Time
- 22 : 20
Duration
- 110:00
Channel
- Maori Television
Broadcaster
- Maori Television Service
Programme Description
- An eye-opening journey through wealth and power, a film that breaks the popular assumption that the accumulation of capital runs hand in hand with social progress, and shines a new light on today's growing inequalities. Traveling through time, the film assembles accessible pop-culture references coupled with interviews of some of the world's most influential experts delivering an insightful and empowering journey. Based on the book by Thomas Piketty.
Classification
- G
Owning Collection
- TV & Radio
Broadcast Platform
- Television
Languages
- English
- French
Captioning Languages
- English
Captions
Live Broadcast
- No
Rights Statement
- Made for the University of Auckland's educational use as permitted by the Screenrights Licensing Agreement.
Subjects
- Capitalism--History--21st century
- Capital--History--21st century
- Income distribution--History--21st century
- Wealth--History--21st century
- Labor economics
- Documentary films--New Zealand
- Documentary films--France
Genres
- Business/Financial
- Documentary
- Interview
Contributors
- Justin Pemberton (Director)
- Justin Pemberton (Writer)
- Matthew Metcalfe (Writer)
- Kate Williams (Interviewee)
- Gillian Tett (Interviewee)
- Thomas Piketty (Interviewee)
- Francis Fukuyama (Interviewee)
- Ian Bremmer (Interviewee)
- Faiza Shaheen (Interviewee)
- Yann Le Prado (Producer)
- Matthew Metcalfe (Producer)
- Jean-Benoît Dunckel (Composer)
- Jacob Bryant (Cinematographer)
- Darryl Ward (Cinematographer)
- Sandie Bompar (Editor)
- General Film Corporation (Production unit)
- Upside Production (Production Unit)
Subjects
- Capitalism--History--21st century
- Capital--History--21st century
- Income distribution--History--21st century
- Wealth--History--21st century
- Labor economics
- Documentary films--New Zealand
- Documentary films--France