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The Price We Pay

Name: The Price We Pay
Director: Harold Crooks
Released: 2014
Duration: 93 min

Representation Score

3.5/10

Limited

2014

Director

Harold Crooks

Runtime

93 minutes

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The Price We Pay is a systemic critique of global financial architectures rather than a character-driven study. It prioritizes the mechanics of multinational tax avoidance and the erosion of the social contract over identity-based storytelling. While the film lacks demographic breadth regarding gender, race, or LGBTQ+ identities, it achieves significant depth through its cultural critique. It frames global capitalism as an extractive system that undermines public welfare and state sovereignty. Ultimately, the documentary's strength lies in its commitment to challenging the sanctity of capitalist institutions and exposing the tension between private profit and public responsibility.

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Category Breakdown

Does The Price We Pay have LGBTQ+ representation?

Minimal

The film does not include specific LGBTQ+ narratives or critiques of the assumption that everyone is straight or cisgender. Its focus remains strictly on macro-economic policy and institutional finance.

How does The Price We Pay portray gender?

Fair

The documentary maintains a neutral stance regarding gender hierarchies. It features various experts but does not challenge traditional gender roles or give real power to those who are underrepresented based on gender.

How racially and ethnically diverse is The Price We Pay?

Fair

The lens is primarily institutional rather than considering multiple aspects of identity. While tax avoidance affects global populations, the film does not focus on racialized character arcs.

How does The Price We Pay represent religion and culture?

Excellent

The film excels by deconstructing neoliberal capitalism and Western economic institutions. It challenges the morality of unchecked corporate expansion and the corruption of established hierarchies.

Does The Price We Pay include disability representation?

Minimal

There is no discernible focus on disability, neurodivergence, or physical impairment within this economic investigation.

Present on Screen

Provides a sophisticated deconstruction of neoliberal capitalism and its corrosive effects on the collective good.
Effectively challenges the morality of unchecked corporate expansion and traditional economic hierarchies.
Offers a rigorous interrogation of systemic power and the mechanics of international finance.

Limited or Absent

Lacks representation of LGBTQ+ narratives or critiques of the assumption that everyone is straight or cisgender.
Does not address racial or ethnic the way different parts of someone's identity overlap within its economic framework.
Provides no focus on disability, neurodivergence, or physical impairment.

Official Synopsis

A documentary on the history and present-day reality of big-business tax avoidance, which has seen multinationals depriving governments of trillions of dollars in tax revenues by harboring profits in offshore havens.

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