The Divide

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The Divide

2015

1h 14m

Documentary

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Seven stories of how economic division creates social division.

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Mark Kermode

Observer (UK)

Katharine Round's good-looking, slickly produced documentary provides yet another reminder of the growing divide between rich and poor in the UK and US.

Rated: 3/5

Apr 24, 2016

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Peter Bradshaw

Guardian

A fierce, unsettling film.

Rated: 4/5

Apr 21, 2016

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Phil W. Bayles

Little White Lies

Round is preaching to the choir, but the sermon is worth listening to.

Rated: 3/5

Apr 21, 2016

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Sarah Manvel

Critic's Notebook

There's nothing here to convince a rich person that perhaps there's an easier way for him or her to maintain his or her comfort. And the working-class people already know what they are going through.

Aug 11, 2018

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Kevin Harley

Total Film

Travelling from gated communities to Glasgow, Round earns the trust of KFC employees, Wall Street wonders and more to show how we have been "submerged" in our financial lives.

Rated: 4/5

Jan 2, 2017

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MaryAnn Johanson

Flick Filosopher

[A] hugely sympathetic film, but it's not difficult to sympathize with these people: they are all of us.

Apr 27, 2016

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Super weak ending ruins this.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

01/23/23

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Audience Member

A film that puts a human face on the sterile phrase "income inequality." This engaging and well-produced film provides a historical context for the descent into poverty of the working class as western nations' economies have transitioned from industrial to low-paying service-based. Never preachy, instead it focuses on the lives of representative figures from both sides. Viewers are permitted to judge for themselves whether the American dream is still alive.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/03/23

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Synopsis

Seven stories of how economic division creates social division.

Director: Katharine Round
Producer: Katharine Round
Production Co: Dartmouth Films, Literally Films
Genre: Documentary
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Mar 25, 2017
Runtime: 1h 14m

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