Format:
DVD, Videorecording, Projected Medium, Visual Materials
Title:
What would Jesus buy? [videorecording] / Palisades Pictures ; Warrior Poets ; Werner Film ; produced by Peter Hutchison, Stacey Offman, Morgan Spurlock ; directed by Rob VanAlkemade.
Call Number:
658.8 W DVD
Publisher, Date:
New York, NY : Arts Alliance America, [2008]
Description:
1 videodisc (ca. 91 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Summary:
Follows Reverend Billy and the Church of Stop Shopping Gospel Choir as they examine the commercialization of Christmas in America while following the group on a cross-country mission to save Christmas from the Shopocalypse - the end of humankind from consumerism, over-consumption and the fires of eternal debt. Delves into issues such as the role sweatshops play in America's mass consumerism and Big-Box Culture.
Target Audience Note:
MPAA rating: PG; for thematic material and mild language.
Subjects:
Consumer behavior -- United States.
Shopping -- United States.
Consumption (Economics) -- United States.
Consumer credit -- United States.
Debt -- United States.
Documentary films.
Closed caption DVDs.
Genre:
Documentary.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Other Author:
VanAlkemade, Rob.
Hutchison, Peter.
Offman, Stacey.
Spurlock, Morgan, 1970-
Talen, William.
Allen, Paul Norman.
Benn, James Soloman.
D., Savitri.
Palisades Pictures (1994- )
Warrior Poets (Firm)
Werner Film (Firm)
Arts Alliance America (Firm)
Other Title:
Morgan Spurlock presents