Shop 'til you drop the crisis of consumerism
2010
DVD
"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"--Container.
Item Details
ISBN:
- 9781932869408
- 1932869409
Edition: [Educational version].
Description:
- 1 videodisc (52 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
- digital
- optical
- stereo
- video file
- DVD video
Target Audience Note: CHVR: Not rated.
Other Title:
- Shop until you drop [DVD]
- Crisis of consumerism [DVD]
- Consume this movie!
Notes:
- Special features: director's cut: "Consume This Movie!" (80 min.).
- Original title: "Consume This Movie!"; originally released in 2008; re-titled for the European TV and American educational markets as "Shop 'Till You Drop."
- Cinematography and sound recording, Jeff Deveraux ; original music, Jonah Sharp.
- Narrator, Alex Peterson ; commentators, Peter Whybrow, Juliet B. Schor, Cecile Andrews, Duane Elgin, Chris Jordan, James B. Twitchell, Julian Darley, and others.
- Licensed for public performance.
- DVD, NTSC.
- In English with yellow optional English subtitles.
Contents:
- Shop 'til you drop
- Consume this movie!
Control Number: 824847
UPC: 897952001274
Publisher: Northampton, MA : Media Education Foundation, [2010]