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Generation Wealth

To understand what it all added up to, in 2008, I began working on a bookand exhibition...

To understand what it all added up to, in 2008, I began working on a book
and exhibition about wealth

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To understand what it all added up to,
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in 2008, I began working on a book and exhibition about wealth.
Duration
8 seconds
Views
39
Timestamp in Movie
00:04:15
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.
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,
And it wasn't until I processed the film - Generation Wealth 00:07
And it wasn't until I processed the film
On the first day of school, Kate Hudson went, - Generation Wealth 00:08
On the first day of school, Kate Hudson went,
And my dad's a bigger star.” - Generation Wealth 00:15
And my dad's a bigger star.”