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RVML Resource Center 2002-2007 Calendar Archives 23 September 2003, Tuesday |
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Video & Discussion: Consumerism- "Escape From Affluenza"
Time: 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Location: RVML Event Center - 258 A St, Ashland
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Video & Discussion: Consumerism Video: "Escape From Affluenza"
FREE ADMISION
All Tuesday evening events
at RVML are free admission
Video Description:
ESCAPE FROM AFFLUENZA (1998) is the sequel to AFFLUENZA (1997) and is another groundbreaking film that diagnoses a serious social disease - caused by consumerism, commercialism and rampant materialism - that is having a devastating impact on our families, communities, and the environment. We have more stuff, but less time, and our quality of life seems to be deteriorating. By using personal stories, expert commentary, hilarious old film clips, and "uncommercial" breaks to illuminate the nature and extent of the disease, ESCAPE FROM AFFLUENZA has appealed to widely diverse audiences: from freshmen orientation programs to consumer credit counseling, and from religious congregations to marketing classes.
With the help of historians and archival film, ESCAPE FROM AFFLUENZA reveals the forces that have dramatically transformed us from a nation that prized thriftiness - with strong beliefs in "plain living and high thinking" - into the ultimate consumer society.
A growing number of people are opting out of the consumer chase, and choosing "voluntary simplicity" instead. They are working and shopping less, spending more time with friends and family, volunteering in the communities, and enjoying their lives more.
ESCAPE FROM AFFLUENZA shows audiences how to declare their independence from the epidemic of rampant consumerism and materialism ailing Americans and our environment by adopting the practices of simple living. Like AFFLUENZA (see below), this sequel uses expert commentary, thought-provoking vignettes and humor to show how people can reduce their consumption and simplify their lives. With stories of real people from Seattle to the Netherlands who have altered their lifestyles and re-discovered the joy of living, ESCAPE FROM AFFLUENZA offers the antidote to debt, stress, time-pressure and possession-overload.
56 Min. Produced in 1998
60 Min Film
10 Min Break
50 Min Discussion
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