(Noah Chomsky: Personal Influences)

Content: 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.

Countries:

Canada

Genres:

Documentary

Runtime:

28 minutes

Year:

1994

Directors:

Mark Achbar

Production companies:

Necessary Illusions Productions Inc.,

ONF | NFB

Actors:

Himself

Crews:

Director

Producer

Director

Producer

Sound