Park Avenue
How much inequality is too much? (58mins)
Long Film
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And when the Lamb opened the seventh seal,
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there was in heaven a silence
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which lasted about the space of half an hour.
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And the seven angels who had the seven trumpets
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prepared themselves to sound.
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- Who are you?
- I am Death.
In America, the rich are getting richer. Isn't that great? Doesn't that mean there's lots more wealth to go round? Or is it good news for the rich but very bad news for the poor? Watch the documentary now or download it from our Vimeo channel.
740 Park Avenue, Manhattan, is one of the most exclusive addresses in the world, home to some of the richest Americans, the 1% of the 1%. Ten minutes to the north, acoss the Harlem River, is the other Park Avenue, in the South Bronx. Here, unemployment runs at 19% and half the population need food stamps.
The American Dream of equal opportunities and hard work says you can be born in the Bronx and end up at 740. But is that dream still true? The film argues the super-rich haven’t just bought the exclusive addresses – they’ve bought the whole system and they’re running it for themselves…
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Directed by: Alex Gibney
Produced by: Blair Foster
Production company: Jigsaw Productions & Steps International