Shop 'Til You Drop: The Crisis of Consumerism (2009)
51 min
Are we too materialistic? Are we wantonly destroying the planet with our pettiness? Where is the source of all that energy and endless consumer desires? The document calls for a direct confrontation with these questions. Focusing on the long-term deteriorating ecological and mental realm of American consumerist culture and all the chaotic materialism, he reaches beneath the surface of the commercial world to show that the consequence of growth is impoverishment - the slow and steady depletion of natural resources and basic human values. It shows the connection between the limits of consumerism and our own well-being, and encourages people to develop a critical view of the current economic situation.
- Release date
- January 1, 2010
- Country of origin
- Not yet available
- Music
- Jonah Sharp
Trailer
Cast
- Cecile Andrews as Self (author of Slow is Beautiful)
- Julian Darley as Self (Post Carbon Institute)
- John de Graaf as Self
- Duane Elgin as Self (author of Voluntary Simplicity)
- Roderic Gorney as Self
- Carol Holst as Self (Postconsumers.com)
- Eli Jaxon-bear as Self (author of Sudden Awakening)
- Chris Jordan as Self (photographic artist)
- Alex Peterson as Narrator
- Juliet Schor as Self
Crew
- Gene Brockhoff · Director
- Gene Brockhoff · Producer
- Jonah Sharp · Composer
- Jeff Deveraux · Cinematographer
- Gene Brockhoff · Editor