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Park Avenue; Money, power and the american dream

Alex Gibney, United States, 2012

58 min.Documentary

740 Park Ave, New York City, is home to some of the wealthiest Americans. Across the Harlem River, 10 minutes to the north, is the other Park Avenue in
South Bronx, where 40% of the residents live in poverty making less than 40 dollars a day. In the last 30 years, inequality has rocketed in the US ¿ the American Dream only applies to those with money to lobby politicians for friendly bills on Capitol Hill.
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Original title Park Avenue; Money, power and the american dream
Danish title Penge, magt og den amerikanske drøm
Other titles Hvorfor fattigdom? - Penge, magt og den amerikanske drøm, Why Poverty? - Park Avenue
Keywords Inequality, Poverty, Wealthy, Living conditions, New York, USA
Director Alex Gibney
Screenplay Alex Gibney, Chad Beck, Adam Bolt
Producer Blair Foster
Director of Photography Ronan Killeen, Lisa Rinzler
Editor Chad Beck, Erin Barnett
Sound Doug Dunderdale, Jeff Faber
Composer Peter Nashel
Production country United States
Domestic distribution Danske Filminstitut, DR TV
TV release 25.11.2012, DR 2, vises i ugen 25/11-02/12/2012.
DFI subsidy Konsulentstøtte
Danish rating Allowed for all
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Companies

Production company
Executive Producer Steps International
Co-production DR TV, NRK Norsk Rikskringskasting, YLE TV1, SVT, BBC
With support from Det Danske Filminstitut
Domestic distribution Danske Filminstitut, DR TV

Direction

Direction Alex Gibney

Script

Screenplay Alex Gibney
Screenplay Chad Beck
Screenplay Adam Bolt

Production

Producer Blair Foster
Executive producer Josh Norton
Associate producer Trevor Davidoski
Production assistant Cara Mones

Cinematography

Cinematographer Ronan Killeen
Cinematographer Lisa Rinzler

Editing

Editor Chad Beck
Editor Erin Barnett
Assistant editor Sam Powell
Assistant editor JOe Fenstermaker

Music

Music Peter Nashel

Sound

Sound designer Doug Dunderdale
Sound designer Jeff Faber

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