Consumerism Movies

Gilles Groulx's first film shot in 1955 with a camera borrowed from his brother and edited during his spare time when he worked as an editor at the...

On an urban island in Shanghai, Yoyo starts secretly following Lan Tian. In a parallel world, Lan Tian is quietly observing Yoyo in the distance....

Gimme Green is a humorous look at the American obsession with the residential lawn and the effects it has on our environment, our wallets and our...

The main character, Albert, gets lost in the seductive world of pretty packages. When his frivolous fantasy turns into a nightmare he discovers a...

Exploring America’s consumption of computers and the hazardous waste we create in pursuit of the latest technology, Terra Blight traces the...

African American Express is an abstract animation exploring the impact of consumerism in the Black community. Told in the style of Soviet Propaganda,...

Boxed is a journey of man who relies on consumerism to fill his inner void as he descends into madness when his latest purchase - the ClapMaster - a...

No Measure of Health profiles Kyle Magee, an anti-advertising activist from Melbourne, Australia, who for the past 10 years has been going out into...

What if you could buy happiness?

A short film on throw-away culture and TV

This funny yet serious short film demonstrates the effectiveness of advertising and the marketing machine. Its comic appeal lies in the characters...

A Mondo documentary focused on the 1960's American lifestyle, consumerism, religion, adversity, and oddity. An outsider's look at a country...

A woman grieves the loss of her infant daughter. (Click the "TRAILER" link to view the film on YouTube!)

An essay about middle America and the destruction caused by mindless mass consumption.

Filmmaker Estela Renner analyzes the effects that mass media and advertising have on children, showing how the industry discovered that they are the...

A homeless man explores the bustling city after receiving a fragmented mirror piece from a mysterious, odd-looking figure.

A look at how to avoid the consumerism and materialism rampant in today's society.