directed by: Lauren Greenfield, year: 2018
actors: Various interview subjects

Generation Wealth is a sweeping documentary that traces four decades of Americans chasing money, status, and beauty to evaluate the costs of a culture obsessed with wealth. Through Greenfield’s archive of photographs and a wide range of interviews, the film reveals how consumerism redefines families, work, and identity, fueling debt, inequality, and burnout. It challenges the American dream while offering a reflective portrait of the social and personal toll of excess.

Political Economy, Documentary, Investigative, Wealth Inequality, Consumerism, Social Issues