| Description |
1 videodisc (52 min.) : colour, sound ; 12 cm |
| Series |
Why poverty? |
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Why poverty?
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| Summary |
"In Park Avenue, director Alex Gibney investigates how the extreme wealth of a few has created inequality for so many Americans. 740 Park Ave, New York City, is home to some of the wealthiest Americans. Ten minutes to the north, over the Harlem River, is the other Park Avenue in South Bronx, where more than half the population need food stamps and children are 20 times more likely to be killed. In the last 30 years, inequality has rocketed in the US - many Americans now think the American Dream only applies to those with enough money to lobby politicians for friendly bills from Capitol Hill. Through the story of the two Park Avenues, this remarkable film puts forward the argument that the extreme wealth of a few has been used to impose their ideas on the rest of America." -- website |
| Notes |
"Screening as part of the Why Poverty? series - an innovative global media event aiming to get people talking about poverty through the broadcast of ground-breaking new documentaries." -- website |
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Cover title |
| Credits |
Director: Alex Gibney; producer: Blair Foster; writers: Alex Gibney, Chad Beck, Adam Bolt |
| Notes |
Originally released: Democracy Pictures and Steps International, 2012 |
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Broadcast in Australia: ABC2, 26/11/2012 |
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Rated: G |
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DVD. Region unspecified |
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Available to Deakin University staff and students only |
| Subject |
Poor -- United States.
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Poverty -- United States.
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Wealth -- United States.
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Equality -- United States.
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| SUBJECT |
United States -- Economic conditions.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140020
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Park Avenue (New York, N.Y.) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh89003003
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| Genre/Form |
Video recordings.
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| Author |
Gibney, Alex, director, screenwriter
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Foster, Blair, producer
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Beck, Chad, screenwriter
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Bolt, Adam, screenwriter
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