Based on Reich’s 2010 book Aftershock: The Next Economy and America’s Future, the film examines widening income inequality in the United States. U.S. Labor Secretary Robert Reich tries to raise awareness of the country’s widening economic gap. He publicly argued about the issue for decades, and producing a film of his viewpoints was a “final frontier” for him. In addition to being a social issue documentary, Inequality for All is also partially a biopic regarding Reich’s early life and his time as Secretary of Labor under Bill Clinton’s presidency. Warren Buffett and Nick Hanauer, two entrepreneurs and investors in the top 1%, are interviewed in the film, supporting Reich’s belief in an economy that benefits all citizens, including those of the middle and lower classes.
Tag: middle class
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Finding Your Feet
A lady has her prim and proper life turned upside down after discovering her husband’s affair.
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Home Economics
The heartwarming yet uncomfortable relationship between three adult siblings: one in the 1%, one middle-class and one barely holding on.
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Roma
In 1970s Mexico City, two domestic workers help a mother of four while her husband is away for an extended period of time.
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Brazil Avenue
Brazil Avenue is a dynamic, lifelike, and modern telenovela that reveals how unrelenting ambition and inflicted cruelty can change a young girl’s destiny and lead her to seek revenge.
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Motherland
Sitcom about navigating the trials and traumas of middle-class motherhood, looking at the competitive and unromantic side of parenting.