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Filmmaker Andrew Morgan travels around the globe to see the people who make clothes for the world.
  • Rating:
    PG-13 (Disturbing Images|Thematic Elements)
  • Genre:
    documentary, drama
  • Original Language:
    English
  • Director:
    Andrew Morgan
  • Producer:
    Michael Ross
  • Writer:
    Andrew Morgan
  • Release Date (Theaters):
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  • Production Co:
    Life Is My Movie Entertainment Company, Untold Creative

Cast & Crew

Livia Giuggioli
Stella McCartney
Vandana Shiva
Lucy Siegle
Richard Wolff
Andrew Morgan
Director
Andrew Morgan
Writer
Michael Ross
Producer
Livia Giuggioli
Executive Producer
Christopher Lawrence Harvey
Executive Producer
Lucy Siegle
Executive Producer
Vincent Vittorio
Executive Producer
Andrew Morgan
Cinematographer
Michael Ross
Film Editor
Duncan Blickenstaff
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  • The latest advocacy documentary that will either induce you into changing your ways or simply have you curling into a fetal position from despair.

    October 6, 2015 | Full Review…

    Frank Scheck

    Hollywood Reporter

  • Offering few solutions beyond a single fair-trade fashion company, "The True Cost" - whose serene interludes compete with sickening recordings of Black Friday shopping riots and so-called clothing haul videos - stirs and saddens.

    May 28, 2015 | Full Review…

    Jeannette Catsoulis

    New York Times

  • One would almost be inclined to give Morgan a pass for interviewing some of his executive producers as expert sources.

    May 28, 2015 | Full Review…

    Martin Tsai

    Los Angeles Times

  • Even if, like me, you agree with the points that it's fumbling toward, The True Cost will likely read as dopey and insulting ...

    May 26, 2015 | Full Review…

    Alan Scherstuhl

    Village Voice

  • A few bumper-sticker sentiments can't detract from this compelling film, which is, above all else, a badly needed conversation-starter.

    January 2, 2016 | Rating: B+ | Full Review…

    Casey Jarman

    Willamette Week

  • The ugliness beneath the glamour is exposed by this vitally important documentary, which addresses the immense, ongoing problems in the fashion industry.

    May 29, 2015 | Full Review…

    David Noh

    Film Journal International
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