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[Joshua] You know, it's strange in retrospect
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The Minimalists: Less Is Now

You know,it's strange in retrospect, but I didn't realize we were poorwhen I was a kid

[Joshua] You know,
it's strange in retrospect, but I didn't realize we were poor
when I was a kid

Full Transcript

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[Joshua] You know, it's strange in retrospect,
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but I didn't realize we were poor when I was a kid.
Duration
6 seconds
Views
49
Timestamp in Movie
00:13:24
Uploaded
May 25, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
Booklight Productions,Catalyst Films

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Movie Summary

The Minimalists have reworked this phrase to create a sense of urgency for today’s consumer culture: now is the time for less.
We were on food stamps and government assistance, - The Minimalists: Less Is Now 00:05
We were on food stamps and government assistance,
Shortly after I was born, my father's mental health took a turn for the worse, - The Minimalists: Less Is Now 00:08
Shortly after I was born, my father's mental health too...
You see, when Mom married my dad, - The Minimalists: Less Is Now 00:09
You see, when Mom married my dad,
And Dad's mental illness was only amplified by his alcoholism, - The Minimalists: Less Is Now 00:09
And Dad's mental illness was only amplified by his alco...
I guess the physical abuse started around the time I was three years old. - The Minimalists: Less Is Now 00:04
I guess the physical abuse started around the time I was thr...
In fact, my very first memory as a child - The Minimalists: Less Is Now 00:08
In fact, my very first memory as a child
Things only got worse from there, until, eventually, we escaped. - The Minimalists: Less Is Now 00:06
Things only got worse from there, until, eventually, we esca...
Mom and I moved 20 miles south to a suburb of Dayton, - The Minimalists: Less Is Now 00:06
Mom and I moved 20 miles south to a suburb of Dayton,
-[turn signal clicking] -Oh, man. - The Minimalists: Less Is Now 00:04
-[turn signal clicking] -Oh, man.
It's all boarded up, and it has, like, this wrap on her. - The Minimalists: Less Is Now 00:05
It's all boarded up, and it has, like, this wrap on her...
Our home always smelled faintly of empty beer cans - The Minimalists: Less Is Now 00:05
Our home always smelled faintly of empty beer cans
Cockroaches scattered every time I turned on the kitchen light. - The Minimalists: Less Is Now 00:04
Cockroaches scattered every time I turned on the kitchen lig...
And whenever the power got shut off, - The Minimalists: Less Is Now 00:06
And whenever the power got shut off,
It looks like they might have squatters. It's totally falling apart. - The Minimalists: Less Is Now 00:04
It looks like they might have squatters. It's totally f...
So when we first moved down here, I know we signed up for food stamps. - The Minimalists: Less Is Now 00:05
So when we first moved down here, I know we signed up for fo...
As a kid, I didn't know the difference between the white and green money we had, - The Minimalists: Less Is Now 00:10
As a kid, I didn't know the difference between the whit...
And she would trade the… - The Minimalists: Less Is Now 00:12
And she would trade the…
You know, Milwaukee's Best or the bottom-shelf bottles of wine. - The Minimalists: Less Is Now 00:05
You know, Milwaukee's Best or the bottom-shelf bottles ...
I'd come home each day from school… I was about six. - The Minimalists: Less Is Now 00:05
I'd come home each day from school… I was about six.
I would find Mom just passed out on the couch day after day after day. - The Minimalists: Less Is Now 00:07
I would find Mom just passed out on the couch day after day ...