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Inequality for All
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Title: Inequality for All

Release Date: 19 Jan 2013

Runtime: 1h 28m

Genre: Documentary

Director: 72 Productions

Production Companies: 72 Productions

Overview: Based on Reich's 2010 book Aftershock: The Next Economy and America's Future, the film examines widening income inequality in the United States. U.S. Labor Secretary Robert Reich tries to raise awareness of the country's widening economic gap. publicly argued about the issue for decades, and producing a film of his viewpoints was a "final frontier" for him. In addition to being a social issue documentary, Inequality for All is also partially a biopic regarding Reich's early life and his time as Secretary of Labor under Bill Clinton's presidency. Warren Buffett and Nick Hanauer, two entrepreneurs and investors in the top 1%, are interviewed in the film, supporting Reich's belief in an economy that benefits all citizens, including those of the middle and lower classes.

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Average Vote: 7.5 (112 votes)

Cast

  • Self: Robert Reich
  • Doralee Rhodes (archive footage): Dolly Parton
  • Mary Beth Lacey (archive footage): Tyne Daly
  • Violet Newstead (archive footage): Lily Tomlin
  • Mary Richards (archive footage): Mary Tyler Moore
  • Murphy Brown (archive footage): Candice Bergen
  • Self (archive footage): Jon Stewart
  • Christine Cagney (archive footage): Sharon Gless
  • Self (archive footage): Conan O'Brien
  • Self (archive footage): Barack Obama
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