Shop 'til you drop
- Date
2010
- Main contributors
Brockhoff, Gene; Well Crafted Films
- Summary
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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.
- Contributors
Peterson, Alex; Whybrow, Peter C.; Schor, Juliet; Andrews, Cecile; Elgin, Duane; Jordan, Chris, 1963-; Twitchell, James B., 1943-; Darley, Julian, 1958-
- Publisher
Media Education Foundation
- Genre
Documentary films
- Subjects
Economics, Business, Commerce, Labor; Economics, Business, Commerce, Labor; Consumption (Economics) -- United States; Materialism -- Social aspects -- United States; Consumer behavior -- United States; Advertising -- Social aspects -- United States
- Locations
North America; United States; Massachusetts; Northampton
- Collection
Films@UM
- Unit
Distinctive Media Collections
- Language
English
- Rights Statement
- In Copyright
- Terms of Use
Access is restricted to patrons at the University of Maryland.
- Physical Description
52 minutes; color
- Notes
Films @ UM
Access
Access condition: campus-only.
- Other Identifiers
Filename: lms-090516; Fedora 2 PID: umd:77995; Handle Identifier: hdl:1903.1/11232; Catalog Key: alephsys003885607; OCLC: ocn664119092
Access Restrictions
This item is accessible by: collection staff, users in specific IP Ranges.