Adapting one of the most groundbreaking books of our time, French economist Thomas Piketty’s global bestseller of the same name, Capital in the 21st Century is an eye-opening journey through wealth and power, shining a new light on the world around us and its growing inequalities.

Based on a bestselling book from economist Thomas Piketty, this freewheeling trip to the dawn of capitalism is no dry university seminar. Surveying the societal changes that occurred in the last 300 years, this resourceful documentary looks to the past to propose solutions for an equitable future.