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Generation Wealth


Directed by: Lauren Greenfield


2018 | USA | 105 minutes



Screening

Thursday, March 7, 2019, 7pm

Screening

Friday, March 8, 2019, 7pm


Free Admission!

Lauren Greenfield’s postcard from the edge of the American Empire captures a portrait of a materialistic, workaholic, image-obsessed culture.  Simultaneously autobiographical and historical essay, the film bears witness to the global boom-bust economy, the corrupted American Dream, and the personal costs of late stage capitalism, narcissism, and greed.  


"Greenfield makes a compelling argument for a society on the brink of precipitous decline, choosing to interpret the runaway vanity and rampant materialism observed in her own work as harbingers of our imminent destruction." - Peter Debruge, Variety


No reservations are required. Seating is first come, first serve. 


This film is a part of Film for Thought, a series of screenings sponsored by the Advancing Intercultural Studies project and the UCR Center for Ideas and Society through a generous grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

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