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The Unmaking of a College

The Unmaking of a College delves into the 2019 crisis at Hampshire College when students led a 75-day sit-in at the president's office to thwart her attempt to give up the independence of one of the most experimenting colleges in ...

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( fingers snapping ) - The Unmaking of a College

( fingers snapping )

( indistinct chatter ) - The Unmaking of a College

( indistinct chatter )

So over the week, we've been
canvassing, circulating,
and getting student feedback - The Unmaking of a College

So over the week, we've been canvassing, circulating, a...

We'd list up different positions - The Unmaking of a College

We'd list up different positions

We've finished canvassing, - The Unmaking of a College

We've finished canvassing,

I am fighting
like you can't even imagine - The Unmaking of a College

I am fighting like you can't even imagine

It's just that because
of conversations, - The Unmaking of a College

It's just that because of conversations,

You get paid to work
effing hard, so work. - The Unmaking of a College

You get paid to work effing hard, so work.

So, like, I don't know. - The Unmaking of a College

So, like, I don't know.

Maybe it's
an alternative universe
of white, like, privilege. - The Unmaking of a College

Maybe it's an alternative universe of white, like, priv...

( music playing ) - The Unmaking of a College

( music playing )

Students at Hampshire College
have entered the 41st day - The Unmaking of a College

Students at Hampshire College have entered the 41st day

Joshua: What you see behind me
is actually footage - The Unmaking of a College

Joshua: What you see behind me is actually footage

- Who's school?
- All: Our school! - The Unmaking of a College

- Who's school? - All: Our school!

There is that looming feeling, - The Unmaking of a College

There is that looming feeling,

As many of you
are probably quite aware, - The Unmaking of a College

As many of you are probably quite aware,

Andrew: We're about to see
a great shrinkage - The Unmaking of a College

Andrew: We're about to see a great shrinkage

One of the reasons the situation
that Hampshire finds itself in - The Unmaking of a College

One of the reasons the situation that Hampshire finds itself...

And one can worry
that if Hampshire is failing, - The Unmaking of a College

And one can worry that if Hampshire is failing,

- So make a wise decision!
- ( cheering ) - The Unmaking of a College

- So make a wise decision! - ( cheering )

The civil rights movement
was driven by college
student activists. - The Unmaking of a College

The civil rights movement was driven by college student acti...

The end Vietnam War was driven
by college student activists. - The Unmaking of a College

The end Vietnam War was driven by college student activists.

This is a symbolic gesture
of saying, - The Unmaking of a College

This is a symbolic gesture of saying,

Otherwise, if the answer's no, - The Unmaking of a College

Otherwise, if the answer's no,

She picked the wrong college
to mess with - The Unmaking of a College

She picked the wrong college to mess with

Ken: Students have
always been a huge part
of how this college runs. - The Unmaking of a College

Ken: Students have always been a huge part of how this colle...

I remember occupying
the president's office,
but I don't remember why. - The Unmaking of a College

I remember occupying the president's office, but I don&...

I'm in the narrative business.
I tell stories. - The Unmaking of a College

I'm in the narrative business. I tell stories.

And at one point,
it seemed like the story is
that Hampshire College is dead. - The Unmaking of a College

And at one point, it seemed like the story is that Hampshire...

I am happy to say
that rumors of our death
are greatly exaggerated. - The Unmaking of a College

I am happy to say that rumors of our death are greatly exagg...

Many people when I first
was courting Hampshire said, - The Unmaking of a College

Many people when I first was courting Hampshire said,

And that demand to me
was everything. - The Unmaking of a College

And that demand to me was everything.

I was looking at a lot of very
different types of schools, - The Unmaking of a College

I was looking at a lot of very different types of schools,

And it was, like, no grades,
no, like, set majors. - The Unmaking of a College

And it was, like, no grades, no, like, set majors.

I just kept going down this list - The Unmaking of a College

I just kept going down this list

Traditional education
is very streamlined, - The Unmaking of a College

Traditional education is very streamlined,

I was diagnosed
with a learning disability - The Unmaking of a College

I was diagnosed with a learning disability

I always felt like
I was being criminalized - The Unmaking of a College

I always felt like I was being criminalized

Joshua: I didn't do well in
a traditional academic setting. - The Unmaking of a College

Joshua: I didn't do well in a traditional academic sett...

Even as far back
as middle school, - The Unmaking of a College

Even as far back as middle school,

Hampshire was really
a community and a place - The Unmaking of a College

Hampshire was really a community and a place

I went to a college fair
that they had in Nashville, - The Unmaking of a College

I went to a college fair that they had in Nashville,

Like, a bunch of other
weird kids like me.
That's amazing." - The Unmaking of a College

Like, a bunch of other weird kids like me. That's amazi...

And I toured,
and for the first time
in my entire life, - The Unmaking of a College

And I toured, and for the first time in my entire life,

Ken: In the Fall of 1970,
my best friend showed me - The Unmaking of a College

Ken: In the Fall of 1970, my best friend showed me

My dad was then at
the University of Michigan
as a professor. - The Unmaking of a College

My dad was then at the University of Michigan as a professor...

I would qualified
for a reduced rate, - The Unmaking of a College

I would qualified for a reduced rate,

$4,730 was room, board,
and tuition at Hampshire, - The Unmaking of a College

$4,730 was room, board, and tuition at Hampshire,

It was a very radical time
and they came up - The Unmaking of a College

It was a very radical time and they came up

They produced
a document called
"The Making of a College," - The Unmaking of a College

They produced a document called "The Making of a Colleg...

Ken: I don't recognize the
person who came into Hampshire - The Unmaking of a College

Ken: I don't recognize the person who came into Hampshi...

I'd come in wanting
to be a Hollywood director, - The Unmaking of a College

I'd come in wanting to be a Hollywood director,

And then towards the end
of my time at Hampshire, - The Unmaking of a College

And then towards the end of my time at Hampshire,

And little did I know
that'd I'd be panning
across archives - The Unmaking of a College

And little did I know that'd I'd be panning across...

I've been out of Hampshire
for 44 years - The Unmaking of a College

I've been out of Hampshire for 44 years

I'm a staff writer at
the "Daily Hampshire Gazette." - The Unmaking of a College

I'm a staff writer at the "Daily Hampshire Gazette...

You know, the five colleges
have come together - The Unmaking of a College

You know, the five colleges have come together

If you go to one of them, - The Unmaking of a College

If you go to one of them,

It's essentially,
you get into one college, - The Unmaking of a College

It's essentially, you get into one college,

( applause ) - The Unmaking of a College

What drew me to Hampshire
was really the history - The Unmaking of a College

What drew me to Hampshire was really the history

I am leadership giving
fundraiser for the college. - The Unmaking of a College

I am leadership giving fundraiser for the college.

I was very excited
when Mim Nelson's accepting - The Unmaking of a College

I was very excited when Mim Nelson's accepting

I thought she brought some
great skills to the college. - The Unmaking of a College

I thought she brought some great skills to the college.

She had run
the sustainability institute - The Unmaking of a College

She had run the sustainability institute

Miriam Nelson is Hampshire
College's seventh president. - The Unmaking of a College

Miriam Nelson is Hampshire College's seventh president.

President Nelson is
a prominent nutrition scholar, - The Unmaking of a College

President Nelson is a prominent nutrition scholar,

When president Nelson
gave an inaugural address, - The Unmaking of a College

When president Nelson gave an inaugural address,

I actually thought
she would be great - The Unmaking of a College

I actually thought she would be great

She said that she would weep
at night, cry at night, - The Unmaking of a College

She said that she would weep at night, cry at night,

I found out that Hampshire
was in this situation - The Unmaking of a College

I found out that Hampshire was in this situation

I was at home, it was break, - The Unmaking of a College

I was at home, it was break,

So suddenly, the email comes out - The Unmaking of a College

So suddenly, the email comes out

Two paragraphs down it said, - The Unmaking of a College

Two paragraphs down it said,

I didn't know what that meant - The Unmaking of a College

I didn't know what that meant

I mean, the difference
is more than $10 million - The Unmaking of a College

I mean, the difference is more than $10 million

It worries me a lot. - The Unmaking of a College

It worries me a lot.

And at 10:11, and again,
I can tell you
the timestamps here, - The Unmaking of a College

And at 10:11, and again, I can tell you the timestamps here,

At 10:11 another email from the
president comes out and says, - The Unmaking of a College

At 10:11 another email from the president comes out and says...

That also meant we heard of this - The Unmaking of a College

That also meant we heard of this

I wasn't planning on returning,
I think, till the 20th. - The Unmaking of a College

I wasn't planning on returning, I think, till the 20th.

But I had to leave early,
very suddenly, - The Unmaking of a College

But I had to leave early, very suddenly,

Rhys: It felt, as a student
receiving that message, - The Unmaking of a College

Rhys: It felt, as a student receiving that message,

When we were
at that first meeting, - The Unmaking of a College

When we were at that first meeting,

It was the most packed
that I'd ever seen it, - The Unmaking of a College

It was the most packed that I'd ever seen it,

Finding a long term
strategic partner - The Unmaking of a College

Finding a long term strategic partner

I will make a comment
about the fact - The Unmaking of a College

I will make a comment about the fact

You make a promise to a student
when you take a student in - The Unmaking of a College

You make a promise to a student when you take a student in

And to be able to do that
for four years, - The Unmaking of a College

And to be able to do that for four years,

At several points, - The Unmaking of a College

At several points,

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The Unmaking of a College delves into the 2019 crisis at Hampshire College when students led a 75-day sit-in at the president's office to thwart her attempt to give up the independence of one of the most experimenting colleges in ...

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Director: Amy Goldstein

Writer: Marlon Becerra

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Genre: documentary

Year: 2022

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Released: 11 Feb 2022

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