The latest documentary by Frederick Wiseman finds the legendary documentarian turning his sights on the inner workings of the University of California, Berkeley. At a time of financial crises, student dissatisfaction and administrative transition, Wiseman takes a broad view. Can universities like Berkeley weather the storm in an age of rampant privatization?

At Berkeley is a penetrating look at education as a possible last bastion of an increasingly marginalized idea: "The public good."