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Vita Activa: The Spirit of Hannah Arendt

2015 · 128 min

A sober, intellectually dense portrait that asks you to sit with uncomfortable questions about thought, guilt and complicity.

Overview: The life and work of German political philosopher of Jewish descent Hannah Arendt (1906-75), who caused a stir when she coined a subversive concept, the banality of evil, in her 1963 book on the trial of Nazi war criminal Adolph Eichmann (1906-62), held in Israel in 1961, which she covered for the New Yorker magazine.
How it feels: Melancholic, earnest and tense. Measured and demanding.
About: Morality, identity, memory, politics
Content: Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.
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Tone: melancholicstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: morality
identity
memory
politics
justice
Places: big city
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: documentary
true story
nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild