Shop 'Til You Drop: The Crisis of Consumerism

  • Genre: Documentary
  • Run time: 51 min
  • Premiere: 2010. January 1.
  • Director: Gene Brockhoff
  • Writer: Gene Brockhoff
  • Starring: Cecile AndrewsJulian DarleyJohn de GraafDuane Elgin

Are we too materialistic? Are we wantonly destroying the planet with our pettiness? Where is the source of all that energy and endless consumer desires? The document calls for a direct confrontation with these questions. Focusing on the long-term deteriorating ecological and mental realm of American consumerist culture and all the chaotic materialism, he reaches beneath the surface of the commercial world to show that the consequence of growth is impoverishment - the slow and steady depletion of natural resources and basic human values. It shows the connection between the limits of consumerism and our own well-being, and encourages people to develop a critical view of the current economic situation.

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Crew

Jeff Deveraux

Cinematography

Directing

Gene Brockhoff

Director

Production

Gene Brockhoff

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Writing