This subversive documentary unpacks the tricks brands use to keep their customers consuming — and the real impact they have on our lives and the world.
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David Broughton
Gary Comerford
Steve Thompson
Peter Marchant
Tonya Cornelisse
(voice)
Harry Ditson
(voice)
Dan Russell
(voice)
Director
Nic Stacey
Status
Released
Original Language
EN
Production
Grain Media
Dean
December 20, 2024
Dumb documentary. Basically what they're saying that corporations want us to keep buying more things and they use marketing tricks. Of course they do. What kind of salesman wouldn't do it? Nothing new. It always been like this. They also say that we produce so much that we're destroying our planet and contribute to global warming. Of course humankind produces lots of stuff, because humans are a lo...
totallyfiend
September 25, 2025
This documentary had only crumbs of good moments, but it was definitely hurt by the most insufferable VFX soup. When the show started to serve little bits of intriguing information, it was interrupted by a horrible robotic narrator with a fireworks of effects and constantly changing footage. A shoe and a bag of chips talking, really? I won't theorize what these former workers are as people, but...
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