Watch Velvet Prisons: Russell Jacoby on American Academia

This provocative documentary on maverick academic Russell Jacoby explores the ignominious the fate of public intellectuals, the neutering of radicalism in American public life and the need for daring Utopian thought if society is going to overcome its challenges in the years ahead.

Velvet Prisons: Russell Jacoby on American Academia is a 2017 documentary with a runtime of 55 minutes. It has received outstanding reviews from critics and viewers, who have given it an IMDb score of 9.3.