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Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Based on the international bestseller by rock-star economist Thomas Piketty (which sold over three million copies worldwide and landed Piketty on Time's list of most influential people), this captivating documentary is an eye-opening journey through wealth and power, a film that breaks the popular assumption that the accumulation of capital runs hand in hand with social progress, and shines a new light on today’s growing inequalities. Traveling...
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Why was the U.S. left scrambling for critical medical equipment as the coronavirus swept the country? With the Associated Press and the Global Reporting Centre, this is an investigation of the fragmented global medical supply chain and its deadly consequences.
Publisher
BBC Studios
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Tommy is a vacuum cleaner salesman gripped by the fever of closing the deal. He lives on 'puffa puffa rice' stored in his glove compartment and listens to motivation tapes of his own voice shouting 'sell, sell, fuckin' sell'. He's sure the Golden Vac (the holy grail of vacuum salesmanship) can be his - if only he hadn't been saddled with Pete, a meek sales trainee trying to help his girlfriend quit stripping.
Publisher
Java Films
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
After the last financial crisis everyone agreed that the system needed to change. But since then, our sense of distrust in the markets has grown. Now, with fears of another bust looming, what can be done to restore trust in the bankers? Since the 70s, the idea that self-regulation is the best and most efficient way to govern the markets has taken root. Even after the crash of 2008, there has been no major change in the way in which bankers work. Instead,...
Publisher
Sideways Film
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
A thought provoking, in-depth look at the causes and effects of the most devastating man made environmental disaster America has ever experienced. BEYOND POLLUTION is a firsthand investigation into BP’s disastrous oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Traveling thousands of miles across the Gulf coast interviewing environmental experts, government officials, fisherman & distributors, scientists, drilling engineers, and key BP contractors, the film reveals,...
7) Cosmic Radio
Publisher
Cinedigm
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
An eccentric trust fund kid tries to save his independent radio station from financial ruin when his wealthy father pulls the plug. Will he be able to save a national forest, his relationship and the future of Rock and Roll?
8) Iron Island
Publisher
SPI International
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
Persian
Description
Some poor people in the Southern coasts of Iran do not have any place to live, and thus, they reside on an old, abandoned ship in the sea. Captain Nemat, their chief, tries to persuade the ship-owner and the official authorities not to get the ship back. On the other hand, he is selling the iron parts of the ship piece by piece. IRON ISLAND is the story of those whose ignorance makes them simply trust those who are always ready to abuse their trust....
9) Outsourced
Publisher
Stadium Media
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
When the call center he manages in Seattle is OUTSOURCED to India, Todd travels there to train his replacement. Housed in a new building that looks like an above-ground bunker, the call center is staffed by willing novices whom Todd trains to sound American. One star on the staff is Asha, teaches Todd that he should learn about India, and in the process learn about himself.
11) Last Man Fishing
Publisher
Bayview Entertainment
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
LAST MAN FISHING is a cinematic look at the vastly changing seafood system through the lens of small-scale fishermen across the United States. Narrated by best-selling author Mark Bittman, the film explores the dichotomy between the industrial model and sustainable fishing methods that focus on conservation and quality.
Author
Publisher
Pantheon Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"From a National Book Award finalist and a powerful literary mind, an incisive new work examining capitalism's toxic creep into the land, our bodies, and our thinking. When she receives a dermatological diagnosis of extreme sensitivity--thin skin-Jenn Shapland considers just how thin the barrier is between herself and the world, and how deeply vulnerable we all are to our surroundings. As she becomes aware of the impacts her tiniest choices have on...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"A vital exploration of capitalism and the benefits it brings to global society as a whole. Marx and Engels were right when they observed in the Communist Manifesto that free markets had in a short time created greater prosperity and more technological innovation than all previous generations combined. A century and a half later, all the evidence shows that capitalism has lifted millions and millions from hunger and poverty. Today's story about global...
15) Wealth supremacy: how the extractive economy and the biased rules of capitalism drive today's crises
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Author of The Divine Right of Capital exposes the myths of capitalism today and calls for an end to wealth supremacy and capital bias. Wealth Supremacy makes a case that no one else is making: instead of pointing to billionaires as the sole problem or being another analysis of wealth inequality, it clearly articulates the pervasive, unnamed bias toward wealth that invisibly pervades the system. We know the system is rigged-what isn't commonly understood...
Publisher
Outcast Films
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
This documentary provides an expansive and compelling overview into the world of social impact bonds (SIBs). THE INVISIBLE HEART calls into question the responsibilities of governments and private citizens as it follows many stakeholders’ viewpoints on this innovative social endeavor: policymakers, billionaire investors, under-resourced nonprofit leaders, professors and most importantly, those who need this help the most. Through an observational...
17) Money Bots
Publisher
Java Films
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Time is Money. In high frequency trading the fastest data network makes the deal. Computers trade against computers solely committed to the logic of their algorithms. Essentially, they are warring bots – MONEY BOTS. In the beginning, the intention was to use greater predictability and faster infrastructure to increase the stability of financial markets. In fact, the opposite has occurred: automation has made them more vulnerable. Moneybots love...
Publisher
Annenberg Foundation
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
GENERATION WEALTH by Lauren Greenfield examines the influence of affluence over the last 25 years, illustrating the globalization of materialism, celebrity culture and social status. This timely, thought-provoking collection explores how “keeping up with the Joneses” has become Keeping Up with the Kardashians, magnifying the aspirational gap between what we want and what we can afford. The exhibit is not about the rich, but the pervasive desire...
Publisher
Estuary Press
Pub. Date
1978.
Language
English
Description
This documentary analyzes the issues involved in the acquisition and usage of raw materials in our market oriented society and its role in causing environmental destruction and war. It contrasts market oriented economic activity with socialist approach practiced by the USSR.
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Coming at a moment of profound political and social crisis, WHAT IS DEMOCRACY? reflects on a word we too often take for granted. Director Astra Taylor’s idiosyncratic, philosophical journey spans millennia and continents: from ancient Athens’ groundbreaking experiment in self-government to capitalism’s roots in medieval Italy; from modern-day Greece grappling with financial collapse and a mounting refugee crisis to the United States reckoning...
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