The Last Class Documentary Movie

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The Last Class Documentary Movie Trailer HD - Plot synopsis: Former Secretary of Labor Robert Reich might be famous for his public service, best-selling books, and viral social media posts, but he always considered teaching his true calling. The Last Class captures a master educator wrestling with the dual realities of his own aging and his students inheriting a world out of balance. Reich confronts the impending finality with unflinching candor, humor, introspection, and a rawness of emotion he has never shared publicly before. 1000 students fill the biggest lecture hall on campus—the last class to receive Reich's wisdom and exhortations not to accept that society has to stay the way it is. His final assignment: Who will be the teachers of tomorrow? The Last Class with Robert Reich is a documentary film directed by doc producer / filmmaker Elliot Kirschner.

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00:00My name is Robert Reich. This is Wealth and Poverty.

00:05What we are going to be talking about is happening now.

00:09I've been a teacher for 42 years.

00:13One, two, three.

00:15I'm beginning my last semester.

00:17I've done a lot of other things.

00:19That's when we got a minimum wage increase

00:22through a Republican-controlled Congress.

00:24I was economic adviser to Barack Obama.

00:26I was secretary of labor.

00:28But I've always come back to teaching.

00:30And I can't imagine not doing it.

00:35I still feel that excitement, that energy.

00:38What do we owe each other as members of the same community?

00:41So many people have come up to me and said,

00:44are you still teaching or are you retired?

00:46And I resist the urge to punch them in the nose.

00:52One of the best ways of learning is to discuss something

00:55with somebody who disagrees with you.

00:56Can I do what I love to do as well as I should be doing it?

01:03The wealth is held by the richest 400 Americans.

01:06You get the picture.

01:07We have to all engage their curiosity.

01:09Democracy is not a spectator sport.

01:11It's active.

01:14You can't reach their intellect if you don't reach their emotions.

01:17I began to see bullying all around.

01:20Economic bullying.

01:21Racial bullying.

01:22The bullying of anybody who's different.

01:24If there are enough people who feel bullied,

01:26they begin to have power.

01:30For them, it's not ending.

01:31It's beginning.

01:32And this is the connection between teachers and students.

01:36It's about the passage of time.

01:38This is our final class.

01:39You made it.

01:40And at a deeper level, the arc of one's life.

01:46A true leader helps people overcome cynicism.

01:49I believe in your capacities.

01:52I believe in your commitment.

01:55I believe in you.

01:57It's going to be a wild ride.

01:59Thank you for joining me.

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