Walmart: The High Cost of Low Price
A screening of SUPLUS- TERRORIZED INTO BEING CONSUMERS ( 2003 / 52 minutes / English ) will follow the screening of WALMART
McGill University (Montreal)
Tuesday November 4, 2008
Screening begins 20h00
Venue: Cultural Studies 3475 Rue Peel (Room 101)
Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price is the documentary film sensation that's changing the largest company on earth. The film features the deeply personal stories and everyday lives of families and communities struggling to survive in a Wal-Mart world. It's an emotional journey that will challenge the way you think, feel... and shop.
Surplus: Terrorized Into Being Consumers is a 2003 Swedish documentary film on consumerism and globalization, created by director Erik Gandini and editor Johan Söderberg. It looks at the arguments for capitalism and technology, such as greater efficiency, more time and less work, and argues that these are not being fulfilled.
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