Reviews & Quotes | Hannah Arendt: Facing Tyranny

The Washington Post | Kathleen Parker
“Hannah Arendt’s warnings decades ago about totalitarian threats to democratic institutions seem increasingly prophetic.”

L.A. Times | Jackie Calmes, Columnist
“What Hannah Arendt saw in Hitler’s Germany, we can see in Trump’s America.”

San Diego Jewish World | Eric George Tauber
"Hannah Arendt Documentary Warns of Totalitarianism" 

Artechock Magazine, Germany | Rüdiger Suchsland, Culture Writer
"American directors Jeff Bieber and Chana Garzit have now portrayed Arendt in an accessible yet sophisticated way."

"Hannah Arendt was not an easy person, but she is very approachable and still has something to say to everyone today. This film shows exactly that."

ND Jounalismus Von Links, Germany
"Directors Jeff Bieber and Chana Gazit reveal the paradoxes that make up Hannah Arendt's controversial work."

The New York Times | Mike Hale, TV Critic
"A timely installment of 'American Masters.'"

Boston Globe | Mark Feeney, TV Critic
'American Masters' explores the origins of Hannah Arendt

Copenhagen Headliner Film Festival | Jesper Isaksen
★★★★ "'Hannah Arendt - Facing Tyranny' is a welcoming edition of professionally made documentaries that investigates the origins of totalitarian movements. And with a coherent structure and relevant footage that closely follows in her footsteps, the documentary succeeds in giving us a thorough journey into the life of Hannah Arendt and presents us with the historical surroundings that shaped her thoughts and Jewish identity."

Telepolis Magazine | Rüdiger Suchsland, Culture Writer
"A new documentary offers a fresh perspective on the life and work of the influential political theorist. Her ideas are more relevant today than ever."

Kino Zeit Magazine | Andreas Köhnemann, Film Critic
"Who Hannah Arendt was – this question is, of course, too vast to be answered exhaustively in an 86-minute film. Nevertheless, Bieber, Gazit, and Krayenbühl succeed in getting close to Arendt's character and thought processes, and in highlighting her relevance to our present day. This film comes at precisely the right time."