New Movie: 'Capital In The 21st Century' By Thomas Piketty, French Economist

[appalachiablue]

- Trailer. New Zealand filmmaker Justin Pemberton had just finished a documentary for a local TV station about the problem of income inequality when French economist Thomas Piketty’s Capital in the Twenty-First Century, a book detailing the wealth inequality of two centuries of capitalism, became a runaway hit.

Pemberton, who had long had a passion for economics, politics and psychology—which he had studied at university—dived right into the book. “I was fascinated by the massive time horizon,” he says. Capital tells the story of money and wealth from the 18th century to the present, detailing revolutions, depressions and wars—and piercing the widely accepted view that the accumulation of capital and social progress are entwined. Practically unheard of for an economics text, Capital hit number one on the New York Times bestseller list in 2014, selling millions of copies.

“This is the film I want to make,” Pemberton says he decided, but he wasn’t alone. Piketty, himself a film buff, wanted to do a popular culture version of the book, and several producers were pitching for the rights. Eventually, Piketty chose New Zealand producer Matthew Metcalfe, and Pemberton was hired as the director. Piketty liked the idea of the story of European and American capital being told by “outsiders, people from the bottom of the world,” says the director...
https://www.worth.com/coming-to-a-theater-near-you-capital-in-the-twenty-first-century-the-movie/

https://www.docnyc.net/film/capital-in-the-twenty-first-century/



French author and economist Thomas Piketty. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital_in_the_Twenty-First_Century

[pat_k]

1. Must read book. I hope the documentary gets picked up and aired far and wide.

[appalachiablue]

2. Same, I hope the film receives more press & audience soon. The book

I have, indeed.

[pat_k]

3. Perhaps showing in DOC NYC earlier this month ...

Perhaps showing in DOC NYC earlier this month will raise profile. (Although I'm not thrilled with the "Section" assigned ("New World Order" )

https://www.docnyc.net/film/capital-in-the-twenty-first-century/

[appalachiablue]

4. Thanks for the link, I added it to the post. Yesterday I searched

but found very little online about the new film and so used the above 'Worth' article that another member posted.

I hope this film gets a wider viewing than in only large, bluer cities and arthouse venues, although if that's is the case it won't be too surprising.

[pat_k]

5. Submit request to your streaming services....

Netflix subscriber?

Select Help Center from your account drop-down and then select Request TV shows or movies from the Quick links list.

If you are logged in, you can go directly from this link:

https://help.netflix.com/en/titlerequest?ui_action=title-suggestion-quicklinks

Or try

https://help.netflix.com/en/titlerequest

Hulu subscriber?

Check out your account help links to see if there is a way to request titles as a subscriber (I'm not a Hulu subscriber so don't know what's available.)

The Hulu community also has a Requests for TV & Movies topics page:

https://community.hulu.com/s/browse-ideas-requests-for-tv-and-movies

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Hi appalachiablue,
Perhaps post a "call to action" in General Discussion with trailer and call on people to submit requests to their streaming service and post the way they did it for others who subscribe to the same service.

I'm not sure how much attention such requests are given, but it's worth a try.

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On Edit: When submitting a request, would probably be good to include the following:

CAPITAL IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY Director: Justin Pemberton; Sales Agent: Studiocanal; US Distributor: Kino Lorber

(The above was the maximum length allowed in the field for Netflix submission)

[appalachiablue]

6. Thanks for the viewing links & more on the production staff.

Actually the film was already posted in Gen. Discussion, yesterday and that's where I saw it.

And I X-posted that link in the 'Movies' group but no response yet.

Give it some time, all I can do.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100212736935

[pat_k]

7. Found a very encouraging article

Patience is a virtue I need to cultivate. Looks like a push is slated for Spring 2020

Kino Lorber Buys Economy Pic ‘Capital In The Twenty-First Century’ Ahead Of Doc NYC Screening
By Tom Grater, Andreas Wiseman

November 6, 2019 8:19am

EXCLUSIVE: Kino Lorber has picked up North American rights to Capital In The Twenty-First Century, Justin Pemberton’s feature doc that explores wealth and power and shines a light on today’s growing inequality.

Pic is based on the best-seller by French economist Thomas Piketty. It will have its North American premiere on Sunday (November 10) at Doc NYC following its debut at the Sydney film festival in July.

Kino Lorber is planning a theatrical release in April 2020. It is partnering with Kanopy, the free-to-the-user video streaming platform, for digital educational and library rights, and the home ent release in July 2020 will also see it available on Kino Lorber’s new digital platform KinoNow.

The theatrical rollout will coincide with the release of Piketty’s follow-up book Capital And Ideology.

Alongside Piketty, the film features interviews with leading economists Joseph Stiglitz, Ian Bremmer, Rana Foroohar, and Francis Fukuyama.

Deal was negotiated by Richard Lorber and Wendy Lidell for Kino Lorber and International Sales Manager Loubna Berrada and Head of International Sales Anne Cherel for Studiocanal, which is negotiating world sales for the film.

“Capital In The Twenty-First Century took our breath away at first sight,” said Kino Lorber CEO and President. “Like a rollercoaster ride for the mind, it’s an engrossing amalgam of movie clips and commentary that elucidates Piketty’s brilliant analysis of socio-economic injustice. Who would have thought that the world’s leading economists could deliver a visionary message as cinematically engaging entertainment?”

It's great to hear it will be distributed via Kanopy. However, I still hope they work out distribution deals with some of the more commercial streaming services like Netflix and Hulu.

[appalachiablue]

8. Thanks for searching out this material, it's helpful. I know little

about production and distribution but having introductory press now in Nov., and then theatrical release in April when Piketty's new book should come out seems like quite a long span. Hmm

[pat_k]

9. I agree, might not be the best reason to delay theatrical release...

"rollout will coincide with the release of Piketty's follow-up book Capital And Ideology...." doesn't sound like the best reason to delay. I suspect the timing may also have some relation to the primary calendar. By the end of April, the Democratic field should be whittled down and the likely nominee should be getting clearer. A push for this film at that point could help our nominee/our party ground our positions on economic justice in serious, well-publicized, socioeconomic statistical data.