Affluenza (1997) ($5)

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AFFLUENZA diagnoses a serious social disease - caused by consumerism, commercialism and rampant materialism - that is having a devastating impact on our families, communities, and the environment. We have more stuff, but less time, and our quality of life seems to be deteriorating. 

With the help of historians and humorous archival film, AFFLUENZA reveals the forces that have dramatically transformed us from a nation that prized thriftiness - with strong beliefs in "plain living and high thinking" - into the ultimate consumer society.

The program ends with a prescription to cure the disease. A growing number of people are opting out of the consumer chase, and choosing "voluntary simplicity" instead. They are working and shopping less, spending more time with friends and family, volunteering in their communities, and enjoying their lives more.

Other films by John de Graaf are ESCAPE FROM AFFLUENZABUYER BE FAIRSILENT KILLER: The Unfinished Campaign against HungerTHE MOTHERHOOD MANIFESTOBEYOND ORGANICON NATURE'S TERMSHOT POTATOESFOR EARTH'S SAKE: The Life and Times of David BrowerDAVID BROWER: A Conversation with Scott Simon, and WHAT'S THE ECONOMY FOR, ANYWAY?

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