Generation Wealth
The American dream just keeps getting more expensive.
2018 · 1h 50m · R
Documentary
Directed by
Lauren Greenfield
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.
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