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Shopping for Freedom: Escape from the Cult of Consumerism (2019)

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What do suffragettes, cigarettes, Sigmund Freud, bacon and eggs with breakfast, bananas, and a coup in Guatemala all have in common? SHOPPING FOR FREEDOM explores the answer to that question and more in this documentary by United Natures Media, adapted from the podcast show Ashes Ashes.

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