| Description |
1 online resource (1 video file, 52 min.) |
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digital |
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video file MPEG-4 Flash |
| Credits |
Cinematography and sound recording, Jeff Deveraux ; original music, Jonah Sharp. |
| Performer |
Narrator, Alex Peterson ; commentators, Peter Whybrow, Juliet B. Schor, Cecile Andrews, Duane Elgin, Chris Jordan, James B. Twitchell, Julian Darley, and others. |
| Event |
Originally produced by Media Education Foundation in 2010. |
| Summary |
Are we too materialistic? Are we willfully trashing the planet in our pursuit of things? And what's the source of all this frenetic consumer energy and desire anyway? In a fast-paced tour of the ecological and psychological terrain of American consumer culture, Shop 'Til You Drop challenges us to confront these questions head-on. Taking aim at the high-stress, high-octane pace of fast-lane materialism, the film moves beneath the seductive surfaces of the commercial world to show how the flip side of accumulation is depletion - the slow, steady erosion of both natural resources and basic human values. In the end, Shop 'Til You Drop helps us make sense of the economic turbulence of the moment, providing an unflinching, riveting look at the relationship between the limits of consumerism and our never-ending pursuit of happiness. |
| Audience |
Grade 9+ |
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Higher education. |
| System Details |
Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Subject |
Advertising.
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Commercialism.
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Consumer behavior -- United States.
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Consumption (Economics) -- United States.
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Materialism -- Social aspects -- United States.
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Media (Ancient kingdom)
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| Genre |
Documentary films.
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| Added Author |
Brockhoff, Gene.
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Deveraux, Jeff.
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Peterson, Alex.
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Spacetime Continuum.
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Kanopy (Firm)
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| Added Title |
Shop until you drop |
| In: |
Media Education Foundation Collection njcore00000000080 |
| Music No. |
1041626 Kanopy |
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