The read
It runs a compact 1h 27m.
Synopsis
Examined Life pulls philosophy out of academic journals and classrooms, and puts it back on the streets. Offering privileged moments with great thinkers from fields ranging from moral philosophy to cultural theory, Examined Life reveals philosophy's power to transform the way we see the world around us and imagine our place in it.
Ratings
IMDb7/10
Rotten Tomatoes78%
Metacritic64/100
28 audience votes
Key crew
- Astra TaylorDirector
- Astra TaylorWriter
Cast
- Cornel WestSelf
- Judith ButlerSelf
- Slavoj ŽižekSelf
- Peter SingerSelf
- Michael HardtSelf
- Kwame Anthony AppiahSelf
- Martha C. NussbaumSelf
- Avital RonellSelf
- Sunaura TaylorSelf
- Astra TaylorSelf
- Barack ObamaSelf (floating on a boat in central park)
- Michelle ObamaSelf (floating on a boat in central park)
Stills
Themes
philosophywoman director