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Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price

This documentary takes the viewer on a deeply personal journey into the everyday lives of families struggling to fight Goliath. From a family business owner in the Midwest to a preacher in California, from workers in Florida to a poet in Mexico, dozens of film crews on three continents bring the intensely personal stories of an assault on families and American values.

20051h 38mNRDocumentary

About Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price

Directors
Robert Greenwald
Cast
Lee Scott, Don Hunter, Jon Hunter, Jeremy Hunter, Matt Hunter, Johnny Faenza
Genres
Documentary
Content rating
NR
Original language
English
Production countries
United States of America
Status
Released

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