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ABOUT NICK DUNGEY

Nicholas Dungey is a Professor of Political Philosophy at CSU Northridge. He received his Ph.D. from the University of California, Santa Barbara, in 1998. He specializes in Modern and Contemporary political theory, with an emphasis in postmodern thought. Attempting to move beyond the modern conceptions of subjectivity, language, power, and the politics that express them, his research is mapping the territory of a postmodern ethics and politics.

He is the author of, "(Re)Turning Derrida to Heidegger: Being-with-others as Primordial Politics," (Polity); "The Ethics and Politics of Dwelling," (Polity); "Thomas Hobbes's Materialism, Language, and the Possibility of Politics" (The Review of Politics); "Hobbes and Shakespeare: Macbeth and the Fragility of Politics," (Sage); and the forthcoming book, Franz Kafka and Michel Foucault: Power, Resistance, and the Art of Self-Creation.

Nick has taught at UC Davis, UC Santa Barbara, and CSU Northridge. He lives in both Los Angeles and Prague with his wife and step-son.

THE CREW

KEVIN BROWER - PRODUCER

Kevin is a husband, a father, an accountant, a writer, a filmmaker, a lover of chocolate chip cookies, beer, Rome and Nick Cave.  He has read the book Oscar and Lucinda three times.  For two years in his twenties he cut tall grass and cleaned toilets for the California Shakespeare Festival and saw plays for free. In his thirties he wrote a screenplay, “The Lady Bishop” about the life of an evangelical reporter in 1930s New York. Kevin has a BA in political science from UC Davis. He hates ritual apology despite his tendency to frequently ask forgiveness.  He is great with spreadsheets.  He and his wife come from opposite worlds: She from the west coast via Manhattan and he from the Midwest. The first topic that connected them was Mike Leigh's film Life Is Sweet.  Kevin takes out the garbage. He cried when River Phoenix died. False Happiness is his first documentary. He plans to make several more.

CHELSEA CODY - ASSOCIATE PRODUCER & STILL PHOTOGRAPHER

Chelsea is a writer and photographer based out of Los Angeles. With a background in journalism and social activism, her work has examined and documented the effects of public policy, gentrification and social upheaval in urban landscapes. She is currently working on a book of photos and poetry inspired by the cultivation of bravery through vulnerability and embracing a broader definition of beauty - one rooted in the most fragile moments of our shared experience. She also happens to be a former student of the "Nick Dungey School". 

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