Consumerism Movies

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

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...

Are we truly free? Are our desires truly our own or merely imposed products of the society we live in? The question this film is asking is this: are...

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

Programming the Nation? takes an encompassing look at the history of subliminal messaging in America. According to many authorities, since the late...

This J.G. Ballard documentary assembles decades of interviews and archival material to paint a striking portrait of one of the most imaginative and...

In this documentary we discover the dangerously funny cartoonist Mr. Fish, struggling to make a living in an industry that is dying out.

A kaleidoscopic montage, interpreting the poem "Our Punjabi Market" by Kuldip Gill depicting the vibrance of the Punjabi Market at 49th and Main in...

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

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

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

Enjoy the Party, Enjoy your Night, Enjoy the Sun, Enjoy your Freedom, Enjoy the Love, Enjoy your Life, Enjoy the Colors, Enjoy your Style The world...

The film shows one day from waking up in the morning all the way to waking up again the next morning. The everyday situations that many commercials...

Young photography model Susanna and her alienated teenage brother Veli spend the summer of 1969 travelling around Finland, mostly with another girl...

Sammy is a 14 year old girl who makes YouTube videos. Robby just moved to New York City after college. Jerry is a single 34 year old network...

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

A short film on throw-away culture and TV