Program

Public Programs: Media Projects Production

Period of Performance

8/1/2023 - 2/28/2025

Funding Totals

$699,598.00 (approved)
$699,598.00 (awarded)


Hannah Arendt: Thinking Is Dangerous

FAIN: TR-290779-23

Center for Independent Documentary, Inc. (Newton, MA 02458-1341)
Jeff Bieber (Project Director: August 2022 to April 2023)
Jeff Bieber (Project Director: April 2023 to present)

A documentary about the political philosopher Hannah Arendt (1906–75).

“Hannah Arendt: Thinking Is Dangerous” (wt.) is a proposed two-hour feature film documentary about one of the greatest political thinkers of the 20th century. Supported by the PBS series American Masters, Arendt’s work on the crisis of democracy, the rise of totalitarianism and the banality of evil has never been more relevant than it is today. It is through Arendt’s life and work that the film’s narrative will be constructed.