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      Park Avenue: Money, Power and the American Dream

      2012 1h 10m Documentary List
      Reviews 81% Audience Score 100+ Ratings Filmmaker Alex Gibney investigates the fact that the 400 richest Americans control more wealth than the 150 million people in the bottom 50 percent of the population. Read More Read Less

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      Prairie Miller WBAI Radio Gibney ferrets out the richest men in America and the building where they live, 740 Park Ave in NYC. Exposing how they rig the so-called free market economy, and the psychology of wealth and entitlement hardwiring their psyches to do appalling things. Nov 27, 2012 Full Review Read all reviews

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      david f I expected more about the building, but this is an interesting documentary about America and class here. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member How America's richest manipulate politics in order to grow their wealth to the detriment of everyone else. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 02/22/23 Full Review Audience Member It's really sad that such a large percentage of people fail to realize how monumentally they are being shafted by the system and keep supporting the same political forces that are hellbent on keeping them poor. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/19/23 Full Review Audience Member Well-made documentary about the huge gap between wealth and poverty in New York. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/10/23 Full Review Audience Member Really well done! Very disturbing the trend of a smaller and smaller group of people controlling an increasing amount of the money, but while that end result is disturbing what's even more disturbing is how they got to control that much in the way of resources. This film reaffirmed what I've known to be the case for years. LOBBY REFORM OR ABOLITION IS NECESSARY!!! Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/09/23 Full Review Audience Member One of the finest documentary filmmakers of our time doesn't disappoint with this expose on the rich's influence on politics. Because he so systematically demolishes the libertarian/tea party ideology, I really want some of my less progressive friends to see it and perhaps provide a counterpoint. I doubt they will though and so I wonder if documentaries such as this can really open people's eyes or do they end up preaching to the choir. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/06/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Synopsis Filmmaker Alex Gibney investigates the fact that the 400 richest Americans control more wealth than the 150 million people in the bottom 50 percent of the population.
      Director
      Alex Gibney
      Producer
      Mette Hoffman Meyer, Josh Norton
      Screenwriter
      Chad Beck, Adam Bolt, Alex Gibney
      Production Co
      Jigsaw Productions, The Open University, Danmarks Radio (DR), NHK, Steps International, British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), Norsk Rikskringkasting (NRK), Arte, Democracy Pictures, Sveriges Television (SVT), ITVS International
      Genre
      Documentary
      Original Language
      English
      Release Date (Streaming)
      Feb 18, 2017
      Runtime
      1h 10m