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Astra Taylor

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Astra Taylor (born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, 1979) is a Canadian-American documentary filmmaker and writer, best known for her 2005 film, Zizek!, about the Slovenian philosopher Slavoj Žižek, and for her 2008 film, Examined Life. Taylor grew up in Athens, Georgia, and was unschooled until age 13. She attended Brown University for a year and holds an MA in Liberal Studies from the New School. She has taught sociology at the University of Georgia and SUNY New Paltz. Her writings have appeared in numerous magazines, and in 2006 Filmmaker Magazine listed her as one of "25 new faces to watch." She is the sister of painter and disability activist Sunny Taylor, and is married to Jeff Mangum of Neutral Milk Hotel. She is a vegan. Description above from the Wikipedia article Astra Taylor, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.​

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Movies and TV shows :

Examined Life

Examined Life

2008

6.4

Movie
Propaganda: The Art of Selling Lies

Propaganda: The Art of Selling Lies

2019

6.7

Movie
What Is Democracy?

What Is Democracy?

2018

6.0

Movie
Your Debt Is Someone Else's Asset

Your Debt Is Someone Else's Asset

2021

0.0

Movie
Žižek!

Žižek!

2005

6.6

Movie