Generation Wealth

Generation Wealth

In this film, Greenfield revisits many of her subjects as she investigates our desire for more. Underscoring the ever-increasing gap between haves and have-nots, her portraits reveal a focus on image over substance, where those unable to attain actual wealth settle for its trappings, no matter their ability to pay for it. Witnessing the boom-and-bust cycles of a titan of finance, a pornstar, a bus driver, and a child beauty queen, Greenfield also turns the camera on herself to explore the reasons for her personal obsession with her subject matter, and the cost of pursuing excess for us all. Generation Wealth, simultaneously a deeply personal journey, a rigorous historical essay, and a raucously entertaining expose, bears witness to the global economy and its fluctuations, the corrupted American Dream, and the human costs of capitalism, narcissism, and greed.
Screening Schedule

No physical screenings scheduled.
Direction: Lauren Greenfield
Script: Lauren Greenfield
Cinematography: Robert Chappell, Lauren Greenfield, Shana Hagan, Jerry Risius, Lars Skree
Editing: Aaron Wickenden, Michelle Witten, Victor Livingston, Dan Marks
Music: Jeff Beal
Production: Evergreen Pictures
Producers: Frank Evers, Lauren Greenfield, Wallis Annenberg
Executive producer: Regina K. Scully, Lilly Hartley & Jeffrey Tarrant, Geralyn Dreyfous
Format: DCP
Color: Color
Production Country: USA
Production Year: 2018
Duration: 106'
Contact: Dogwoof

Lauren Greenfield

For 25 years, Emmy Award-winning photographer and filmmaker Lauren Greenfield has traveled the world, documenting the excesses of wealth and celebrity that have come to define our culture. Named by the New York Times as “America’s foremost visual chronicler of the plutocracy,” Greenfield has produced groundbreaking work on consumerism, youth culture, and gender, provoking international dialogue about some of the most important issues of our time. The Queen of Versailles was the opening night film of the 2012 Sundance Film Festival, where it won the Best Documentary Director Award and was named by Vogue as one of the top documentaries of all time. Her record-breaking, Super Bowl ad #LikeAGirl (250+ million views) earned her 14 Cannes Lions and the Most Awarded Director by Ad Age, making her the first woman to top this list.

Filmography

2006 Thin
2008 Kids + Money (short)
2010 Fashion Show (short)
2011 Beauty CULTure (short)
2012 Best Night Ever (short)
2012 The Queen of Versailles
2015 Magic City (short)
2018 Generation Wealth
2019 The Kingmaker
2024 Social Studies (TV series)