Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price

2005 98 min ★ 6.3 Documentary

This documentary takes the viewer on a deeply personal journey into the everyday lives of families struggling to fight Goliath. From a family business owner in the Midwest to a preacher in California, from workers in Florida to a poet in Mexico, dozens of film crews on three continents bring the intensely personal stories of an assault on families and American values.

Cast

Lee Scott

Himself - President & CEO of Wal-Mart (archive footage)

Don Hunter

Himself - H&H Hardware Owner

Jon Hunter

Himself - Son of Don Hunter

Jeremy Hunter

Himself - Son of Jon Hunter

Matt Hunter

Himself - Son of Jon Hunter

Johnny Faenza

Himself - H&H Hardware Employee

Frank Mormino

Himself - Owner of Middlefield Tire

John Bruening

Himself - Owner of Geauga Vision (as Dr. John Bruening)

Tom Glassburner

Himself - H&H Hardware Employee

Weldon Nicholson

Himself - Wal-Mart Store Manager Trainer

Details

Director

Robert Greenwald

Status

Released

Original Language

EN

Production

Brave New Films

Reviews

L

LastCaress1972

August 11, 2013

Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price - a ninety-minute documentary demonising a massive company, and with no one from Wal-Mart prepared to go on record, there's no subjective balance. That said, they do look like horrible bastards, certainly in their native USA and in the Asian sweatshops where they manufacture their goods. The family themselves seem to have amassed 100 billion dollars between the...