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The guarantees that cosmetic companies give on their miracle beauty cures are as useless as the products themselves.
5 min
Why is the lifestyle of consumerism a source of such rage today? How come the privilege of buying goods does not automatically lead to happiness? Why all this emptiness despite our wealth? Erik Gandini's approach through Surplus is to portray this issue from an emotional...
50 min
This is a FANTASTIC speech given by Bernie Sanders on income inequality here in America. Important graphs and images have been added for those that need a little more stimulation to get them through a political speech. The music is from the amazing Cinematic Orchestra album...
10 min
Civilization, the one-size-fits-all way of life that's right for everybody - whether you like it or not! Don't like the cradle to grave security you get from tribal cultures? Try "civilization" - it's great! See side-bar for product details. Civilization is not intended to...
3 min
A double, triple (?) dose of irony is used to capture the essence of the hipster in the yearly "Hipster Olympics" - quite a tee off of champions - the kind who don't stand for anything. Pretty funny stuff. I can't help but want to say to these people, "Hey! Haven't you heard?...
8 min
Cool, animated short inspired by the books NO LOGO by Naomi Klein and CULTURE JAM by Kalle Lasn.
2 min
This 2-part cartoon series explores commonly overlooked areas, relationships and politics of the education industry. Chapter one exposes the relationships of product placement and exclusive corporate contracts within the university environment.
6 min
Toxic mimics take a very real, necessary, creative, life-affirming, and most of all relational urge and turn it -- pervert it -- until it does not further any mutual relationships at all but instead superficial relationships based on domination and control. Toxic mimics can...
4 min
This Earth Day, don't just live green, live a One Planet Life. It's possible. Find out how at www.Care2.com/oneplanet
1 min
"A Killer Bargain" is powerful investigative journalism with a worldwide significance. A brave work which researches the way in which some big companies have goods cheaply produced in India but sold for large profits in European markets. The cost to many Indian factory...
2 min
Going Big Box vs. Going Local pushes purchasing power to its extreme. In this hilarious docu-drama, the every-woman Hannah rejects sweatshop labor, embraces buying local, and finds much more than what she's shopping for — with the help of the know-it-all narrator.
5 min
From its extraction through sale, use and disposal, all the stuff in our lives affects communities at home and abroad, yet most of this is hidden from view. The Story of Stuff is a 20-minute, fast-paced, fact-filled look at the underside of our production and consumption...
21 min
A spoof praising the marvelous wonders of consuming green to help fight climate change.
4 min
Henry Kravis is a billionaire, the 57th richest person in America. He acquired this wealth by purchasing public companies with borrowed money. To pay off the debt, he cuts benefits at the company, sells its assets, and lays off employees. This get-rich-quick scheme made him...
8 min
Whirlmart: A Classic Buy Nothing Day Jam. What happens when a few people get together to buy nothing at all?
2 min
Michelle Long shows us how a highly successful local independent business network has transformed Bellingham, WA, while inspiring other communities. From an initial "Think Local First" program, they have expanded to business peer mentoring, and support for local food...
28 min
The Century of the Self tells the untold and sometimes controversial story of the growth of the mass-consumer society. How was the all-consuming self created, by whom, and in whose interests? (Includes all parts of this multi-part series.)
230 min
Spoken word slam on the materialistic and self-destructive nature of modern mainstream rap music, exploited, packaged, and sold by mega media corporations.
3 min
A short film focusing on how Dove is making efforts to help normal girls value their own beauty, and to increase their media literacy skills as they navigate the 24/7 360 degree saturation of the makes-you-feel-ugly industry. Er, that is, the beauty industry.
5 min
Every Black Friday, for 24 hours, millions of people around the world will celebrate in a moratorium on consumer spending. Choosing, instead, to take a step back and reflect on what is really important to us. No more marketing mind-games; no more "possessions =...
1 min
It's no wonder our perception of beauty is so obscured. The fashion and hype industries will make bones out of us all.
2 min
In the global economy, corporations demand enforceable laws - intellectual property and copyright laws - backed up by sanctions to protect their products. However, when we ask these same companies, "Can't we also protect the rights of the 16-year-old who made the product?,"...
10 min
A PSA by Adbusters - a magazine and internet publication advancing ideas about the way we live and how we can reshape our culture in terms more sustainable and humane. In their own words: "We are a global network of artists, activists, writers, pranksters, students, educators...
1 min
An abstract piece about consumerism. Tight editing and nice visual effects compliment electronic music selection. Visual imagery carries the point home.
4 min