Noah Chomsky: Personal Influences (1994)

This video focuses on the formative influences in Noam Chomsky's life--those factors which enable him to become a politically engaged intellectual. Starting out as a linguist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where his work revolutionized the study of language, Chomsky was radicalized by the 1960s anti-war movement and became a major critic of American policy. We learn about the important Jewish intellectual influences of his family, as well as those defining incidents in his early schooling that made a lasting impression.

Released Jan. 1, 1994 28 min None+

Genres: Documentary, Short

Keywords: tmdb.short-film, mdblist.imdb-short, mdblist.one-actor

Production Companies: Necessary Illusions Productions Inc., ONF | NFB

Country: Canada
Production Country: Canada
Languages: English