Escape from Affluenza (1998)
A look at how to avoid the consumerism and materialism rampant in today's society.
- Date of release
- 1998-09-21
- TMDB
- 8.0 / 10 (1)
- Runtime
- 56m
- Genres
- Documentary, TV Movie
- Collection
- Affluenza Collection
Casting
- Cecile Andrews — Self - Author of "Circle of Simplicity"
- Wanda Urbanksa — Self - Host
- Dick Roy — Self
- Jeanne Roy — Self
- Karen Schneider-chen — Self
- Ron Simons — Self
- Evy Mcdonald — Self
- Ming Schneider-chen — Self
Interesting facts
Escape from Affluenza is a 1998 PBS 56-minute documentary film produced as a sequel to the 1997 documentary Affluenza. While the original concentrates on affluenza—consumerism and materialism in modern society—the sequel focuses on how to avoid this. It looks at stories of how to reduce debt, stress, time-pressure, and possession-overload.
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