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Generation Wealth

Generation Wealth

The American dream just keeps getting more expensive.

20186.51h 50m

Overview

Over the past 25 years, Lauren Greenfield's documentary photography and film projects have explored youth culture, gender, body image, and affluence. Underscoring the ever-increasing gap between the haves and the have-nots, portraits reveal a focus on cultivating image over substance, where subjects unable to attain actual wealth instead settle for its trappings, no matter their ability to pay for it.

Directed by Lauren Greenfield
Written by Lauren Greenfield
Produced by Frank Evers, Wallis Annenberg, Lauren Greenfield
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Top Cast

Lauren Greenfield

Lauren Greenfield

Self - Interviewer

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Florian Homm

Self

Bret Easton Ellis

Bret Easton Ellis

Self

Kim Kardashian

Kim Kardashian

Self

Kylie Jenner

Kylie Jenner

Self

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Eden Wood

Self

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Jacqueline Siegel

Self

Tiffany Masters

Tiffany Masters

Self

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Paris Cronin

Self

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Mijanou

Self

Themes & Keywords

capitalismmaterialismconsumerismlate stage capitalism

About Generation Wealth

Generation Wealth is a documentary film released in 2018 exploring themes of capitalism, materialism, consumerism, late stage capitalism. Directed by Lauren Greenfield, it stars Lauren Greenfield, Florian Homm, Bret Easton Ellis. Over the past 25 years, Lauren Greenfield's documentary photography and film projects have explored youth culture, gender, body image, and affluence. Underscoring the ever-increasing gap between the haves and the have-nots, portraits reveal a focus on cultivating image over substance, where subjects unable to attain actual wealth instead settle for its trappings, no matter their ability to pay for it.

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