Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price
About 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.
Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price (2005) is a documentary film directed by Robert Greenwald. Lee Scott appears as Himself - President & CEO of Wal-Mart (archive footage), Don Hunter as Himself - H&H Hardware Owner, Jon Hunter as Himself - Son of Don Hunter, and Jeremy Hunter as Himself - Son of Jon Hunter.
Released in November 2005, it runs 98 minutes.
Shelv files it under capitalism, protest, community, and department store. It scores 6.2 out of 10 from 78 TMDB voters.
Inside Job, Capitalism: A Love Story, and Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room make useful companions to Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price, all filed under corporation and economics.