The Great American Lie

Name: The Great American Lie
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2019-04-15

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2020

1h 39m

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Filmmaker Jennifer Siebel Newsom examines the growing problem of social and economic inequality in America.

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Teo Bugbee

New York Times

10/01/2020

Interviews are seamlessly strung together, which gives the movie a polished feel. But this practice does a disservice to the speakers.

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Sandie Angulo Chen

Common Sense Media

10/13/2020

3/5

Thought-provoking docu about racial and gender inequality.

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Louis Proyect

Counterpunch.org

10/02/2020

A worthwhile film even if its stress on values does not get to the heart of class inequality: the capitalist system.

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Wayne L

02/01/2021

I have never seen such a dishonest documentary

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Jennifer Siebel Newsom

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Jennifer Siebel Newsom

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Jessica Congdon

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Amanda Mortimer

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Jennifer Siebel Newsom

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Brenda Robinson

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Filmmaker Jennifer Siebel Newsom examines the growing problem of social and economic inequality in America.

Director: Jennifer Siebel Newsom
Producer: Amanda Mortimer, Jennifer Siebel Newsom
Screenwriter: Jennifer Siebel Newsom, Jessica Congdon
Distributor: Vertical Entertainment
Production Co: The Representation Project
Genre: Documentary
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Oct 2, 2020, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Oct 2, 2020
Runtime: 1h 39m

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