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The Kingmaker The Kingmaker
The Kingmaker and The Queen Of Versailles
Generation Wealth (Country: US; Year: 2018; Director: Lauren Greenfield; Stars: Florian Homm)
A portrait of a materialistic, image-obsessed culture. Simultaneously personal journey and historical essay, the film bears witness to the global boom–bust economy, the corrupted American Dream and the human costs of late stage capitalism, narcissism and greed.
Kids + Money (Country: USA, IMDb USA section; Year: 2008; Director: Lauren Greenfield; Writer: Lauren Greenfield)
Money talks. Teens in Los Angeles discuss money: getting it, spending it, and learning to live without it.
The Kingmaker (Country: US; Year: 2019; Director: Lauren Greenfield; Writer: Lauren Greenfield; Stars: Imelda Marcos)
Documentary about the Marcos family and Imelda's continued influence on politics in the Philippines.
The Queen Of Versailles (Country: US; Year: 2012; Director: Lauren Greenfield)
Snapshot of the effect of the mortgage crisis on billionnaire 'Timeshare King' David Siegel and his family.
Thin (Country: US; Year: 2006; Director: Lauren Greenfield; Stars: Shelly Guillory, Alisa Williams, Polly Williams)
With unprecedented access and an unflinching eye, Thin documents four women struggling with anorexia and bulimia at a residential facility for the treatment of eating disorders in South Florida.
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