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The Unmaking of a College

"How far would you go to save your education?"

In THE UNMAKING OF A COLLEGE, students at Hampshire College confront a new president's underhanded attempt to shut down their school and discover that a powerful institution is bullying an inexperienced administration into giving up the independence of one of the most experimenting colleges in the United States. A raucous ode to democracy in action, this film evokes the courage required to stand up to power at a time when many liberal arts colleges are failing.

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  • Ken Burns

    Ken Burns

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  • Marlon Becerra

    Marlon Becerra

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  • Joshua Berman

    Joshua Berman

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  • Cheyenne Palacio-McCarthy

    Cheyenne Palacio-McCarthy

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  • Rhys MacArthur

    Rhys MacArthur

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Overview

In THE UNMAKING OF A COLLEGE, students at Hampshire College confront a new president's underhanded attempt to shut down their school and discover that a powerful institution is bullying an inexperienced administration into giving up the independence of one of the most experimenting colleges in the United States. A raucous ode to democracy in action, this film evokes the courage required to stand up to power at a time when many liberal arts colleges are failing.

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