Consumerism Movies

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

The history of arguably the most famous shop in the world, which has been based on Brompton Road in London for more than 175 years, employs more than...

An exploration of ocean plastic, avatars and adaptive bottom feeders. The musical!

A short film on throw-away culture and TV

A jar of Cheez Whiz careens wildly through a Treasure Island Foods at 3460 N. Broadway, Chicago, Illinois. Cheez Whiz was Norm Bruns' first film. It...

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

A parade of popular consumer items cut to "The Battle Hymn of the Republic". A great example of Pop Art in film.

This documentary is comprised of three shorts: 'El Afinque de Marín' that follows the musicians of the group Madera. 'Yo hablo a Caracas'...

Depicts modern humanity as a product of the industrial revolution, which formed and cultivated a society based on mass consumption. This consumerism...

A working-class man finds himself stuck in a system that destroys ambition in place of dehumanising and monotonous work. As his labour devours him,...

A young woman experiences shopping compulsion in a world where everything is very easy to acquire... until her money runs out!

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