Moynihan

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Daniel Patrick Moynihan (1927-2003) did not just live in the twentieth century, he strode across it: a colossus of ideas and a man of deeds. He was an influential intellectual and sociologist, policy specialist, ambassador and long-serving senator. In an age of rigid ideologies, he was a man who embraced the contradictions and complexity of public policy without ever despairing of the role of government in the lives of its citizens. Fifteen years after his death, as the nation sinks further into hyper-partisanship and politics has become dominated by the frenzy of social media, the first feature length documentary about his life captures Moynihan as never before.

Review

“Entertaining. Makes the case for him as a towering figure whose passion, wit and wonkiness now seem like precious qualities in governance.” –The New York Times

“Intelligently crafted and enlightening. Joyously brings to life one of the most colorful, brainy characters in 20th-century American politics –Film Journal

“CRITIC’S PICK! An unusually detailed and thoughtful look at a man who despised poverty and whose belief that ‘if you have contempt for government, you will get contemptible government’ sounds especially valid today. Commentators as various as former Vice President Joseph Biden and writers George Will and Ta-Nehisi Coates take the measure of this exceptional and unconventional public citizen.” –Los Angeles Times