Generation Wealth

Generation Wealth

The American dream just keeps getting more expensive.

2018•1h 50m•6.5/10

Documentary

Ratings

🎬TMDb

6.5/10(103)

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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Production

Evergreen Pictures, Amazon Studios, Artemis Rising, Cinereach, JustFilms / Ford Foundation, Candescent Films

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

Trailers & Videos

Cast

Lauren Greenfield

Lauren Greenfield

Self - Interviewer

Florian Homm

Self

Bret Easton Ellis

Bret Easton Ellis

Self

Kim Kardashian

Kim Kardashian

Self

Kylie Jenner

Kylie Jenner

Self

Eden Wood

Self

Jacqueline Siegel

Self

Tiffany Masters

Tiffany Masters

Self

Paris Cronin

Self

Mijanou

Self

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