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Generation Wealth

The scale of the excess became clear when I documented the familybuilding the largest...

The scale of the excess became clear when I documented the family
building the largest house in America

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The scale of the excess became clear
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when I documented the family building the largest house in America.
Duration
7 seconds
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37
Timestamp in Movie
00:03:31
Uploaded
Jun 26, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
Evergreen Pictures,Amazon Studios,Artemis Rising,Cinereach,JustFilms / Ford Foundation,Candescent Films

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Movie Summary

A documentary that investigates the pathologies that have created the richest society the world has ever seen.
I noticed that no matter how much people had, - Generation Wealth 00:06
I noticed that no matter how much people had,
I wondered if the hundreds of individual stories - Generation Wealth 00:19
I wondered if the hundreds of individual stories
To understand what it all added up to, - Generation Wealth 00:08
To understand what it all added up to,
In 1991, I was just starting out as a photojournalist. - Generation Wealth 00:05
In 1991, I was just starting out as a photojournalist.
I had studied visual anthropology in college, - Generation Wealth 00:11
I had studied visual anthropology in college,
My mom was a professor of psychology - Generation Wealth 00:06
My mom was a professor of psychology
My mother spoke the language and was at home there. - Generation Wealth 00:04
My mother spoke the language and was at home there.
But I struggled to understand the culture - Generation Wealth 00:07
But I struggled to understand the culture
After we had spent months in the field, - Generation Wealth 00:06
After we had spent months in the field,
I just got your letters today. I really, really miss you. - Generation Wealth 00:04
I just got your letters today. I really, really miss you.
The more you put yourself into this kind of work, - Generation Wealth 00:08
The more you put yourself into this kind of work,
And that I needed to find a story - Generation Wealth 00:05
And that I needed to find a story
I happened to find an old copy of Bret Easton Ellis's less than zero. - Generation Wealth 00:05
I happened to find an old copy of Bret Easton Ellis's l...
The fictional world he depicted of jaded excess and too much money - Generation Wealth 00:10
The fictional world he depicted of jaded excess and too much...
I started thinking about my own culture in almost anthropological terms, - Generation Wealth 00:09
I started thinking about my own culture in almost anthropolo...
L.A. diary, march 4, 1992. - Generation Wealth 00:04
L.A. diary, march 4, 1992.
My photography will concentrate on the social rituals of teenage life. - Generation Wealth 00:05
My photography will concentrate on the social rituals of tee...
I want to photograph senior ditch day, - Generation Wealth 00:12
I want to photograph senior ditch day,
One day, I was photographing at my former high school, - Generation Wealth 00:06
One day, I was photographing at my former high school,
These three boys said, - Generation Wealth 00:07
These three boys said,