Escape from Affluenza

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Society of the Spectacle (book) · Society of the Spectacle (film) · Evasion · No Logo · The Corporation · Affluenza · Escape from Affluenza · The Theory of the Leisure Class · Fight Club (novel)  · Fight Club (film)  · Steal This Book · Surplus: Terrorized into Being Consumers · Profit over People: Neoliberalism and Global Order · So, What's Your Price? · What Would Jesus Buy?
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Escape from Affluenza is a 1998 PBS 56-minute documentary film produced as a sequel to the 1997 documentary Affluenza. While the original concentrates on affluenza--consumerism and materialism in modern society, the sequel focuses on how to avoid this.[1] It looks at stories of how to reduce debt, stress, time-pressure and possession-overload.[2]

The cast includes Wanda Urbanska as the host and Cecile Andrews, author of "Circle of Simplicity".[3]

References

  1. ^ "Escape from Affluenza: Program on Simpler Living on PBS". Pbs.org. http://www.pbs.org/kcts/affluenza/escape/. Retrieved 2012-02-10. 
  2. ^ "Escape from Affluenza | Bullfrog Films: 1-800-543-3764: Environmental DVDs and Educational DVDs". Bullfrog Films. http://www.bullfrogfilms.com/catalog/efa.html. Retrieved 2012-02-10. 
  3. ^ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0325324/