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The Divide tells the story of 7 individuals striving for a better life in modern day US and UK - where the top 0.1% owns as much wealth as the bottom 90%. By plotting these tales together, we uncover how every aspect of our lives is controlled by one factor: the size of the gap between rich and poor. This isn’t based on real life. This is real life. Wall Street psychologist Alden wants to make it to the top 1%; KFC worker Leah from Richmond, Virginia just wants to make it through the day; Jen in Sacramento, California doesn’t even talk to the neighbours in her upscale gated community – they’ve made it clear to her she isn’t “their kind”. By weaving these stories with news archive from 1979 to the present day, The Divide creates a lyrical, psychological and tragi-comic picture of how economic division creates social division. It serves as both a call to arms, and a powerful warning. The film is inspired by the critically-acclaimed, best-selling book “The Spirit Level” by Richard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett.
Original Release
11/20/2015
US Release
10/03/2016
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Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Noam Chomsky | Himself / Self - Professor - Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Max Hastings | Self - Historian / Himself |
| Cathy O'Neil | Self - Former Wall St Analyst / Herself |
| Ha-Joon Chang | Himself / Self - Economist - Cambridge University |
| Alan Budd | Self - Economic advisor to UK Government / Himself |
| Richard Benjamin | Self - Author / Himself |
| Richard Wilkinson | Self - Emeritus Professor - University of Nottingham / Himself |
| Paul Piff | Self (Commentator) / Himself |
| Alexis Goldstein | Self - Former Vice-President - Deutsche Bank / Herself |
| K. Anthony Appiah | Himself / Self (Commentator) |
Directors
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Noam Chomsky | Himself / Self - Professor - Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Max Hastings | Self - Historian / Himself |
| Cathy O'Neil | Self - Former Wall St Analyst / Herself |
| Ha-Joon Chang | Himself / Self - Economist - Cambridge University |
| Alan Budd | Self - Economic advisor to UK Government / Himself |
| Richard Benjamin | Self - Author / Himself |
| Richard Wilkinson | Self - Emeritus Professor - University of Nottingham / Himself |
| Paul Piff | Self (Commentator) / Himself |
| Alexis Goldstein | Self - Former Vice-President - Deutsche Bank / Herself |
| K. Anthony Appiah | Himself / Self (Commentator) |
| Robert H. Frank | Self - Behavioural Economist - Cornell University |
| Kate Pickett | Self - Professor - University of York / Herself |
| Rochelle Monte | Herself / Self |
| Michael Marmot | Himself / Self - Professor University College London |
| Alden Cass | Himself / Self |
| Jennifer Cooper | Herself / Self |
| Janet Sparks | Herself / Self |
| Keith Thomas | Himself / Self |
| Leah Taylor | Herself / Self |
| Robert Frank | Himself |
Producers
| Name | Role |
|---|
| Christopher Hird | Executive Producer |
| Katharine Round | Producer |
| Svilen Kamburov | Producer |
| Sandra Leeming | Producer |
Editors
