The True Cost (2015)

The True Cost is a documentary film exploring the impact of fashion on people and the planet.

Director:

Andrew Morgan

Writer:

Andrew Morgan

Stars:

Livia Giuggioli, Stella McCartney, Richard Wolff

1 nomination.

Cast

Credited cast:
Livia Giuggioli	...	Self (as Livia Firth)
Stella McCartney	...	Self
Richard Wolff	...	Self
Vandana Shiva	...	Self
Lucy Siegle	...	Self
Pritpal Singh	...	Self
Safia Minney	...	Self
Kate Ball-Young	...	Self
Rakesh Jaiswal	...	Self
LaRhea Pepper	...	Self
Shima Akhter	...	Self
Orsola De Castro	...	Self
Mike Schragger	...	Self
Arif Jebtik	...	Self
Sam Rainsy	...	Self

Storyline

This is a story about clothing. It's about the clothes we wear, the people who make them, and the impact the industry is having on our world. The price of clothing has been decreasing for decades, while the human and environmental costs have grown dramatically. The True Cost is a groundbreaking documentary film that pulls back the curtain on the untold story and asks us to consider, who really pays the price for our clothing?

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Plot Keywords:

clothing industry | women's rights | anti capitalism | capitalism | human rights | 

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Taglines:

The future is on sale.

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Genres:

Documentary | Drama | News

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Certificate:

PG-13

Did You Know?

Soundtracks

The True Cost Main Titles
Written by Duncan Blickenstaff

User Reviews

Passionate and compassionate account of fast fashion's social and environmental impacts

The True Cost documents filmmaker Andrew Morgan's efforts to understand the world of fast fashion (with it's "fifty two seasons a year" marked by $5 shirts and $20 pairs of jeans), a world that's only existed for a few decades and has had enormous impacts on people's lives in both high- and low-income economies. It's a well-traveled and wide-ranging film, sometimes so much so that you get a bit lost for it's jumping from one place to another. But the economic systems that connect garment workers in countries like Bangladesh and Cambodia to North American, European, and Asian consumers are complicated, often intentionally obscure, and they affect people and ecosystems all over the globe, so the film's wide angle view makes sense. To covers so much means that the film sometimes jumps quickly from topic to topic, without digging very deeply into any one issue for long (towards the end of the film, for example, its critique of consumerist / materialist capitalism follows logically from all we've seen, but the discussion can't do justice to the complexity of the questions posed). But for a documentary meant to introduce the topic, that's a reasonable directorial choice to make. Beautifully filmed, with passionate, informed, and compassionate interviewees, The True Cost is worth watching.

Details

Official Sites:

Official site Official site

Country:

Bangladesh USA Cambodia China Denmark France Haiti India Italy Uganda UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

29 May 2015 (USA)

Also Known As:

The True Cost

Filming Locations:

Cambodia

Box Office

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$11,902

Company Credits

Production Co:

Life Is My Movie Entertainment Company, Untold Creative

Technical Specs

Runtime:

92 min

Color:

Color