Park Avenue: Money, Power and the American Dream
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Chad Beck
Adam Bolt
Michele Bachmann
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| Directed by | Alex Gibney |
| Written by | Alex Gibney Chad Beck Adam Bolt |
| Produced by | Blair Foster |
| Starring | Jack Abramoff Michele Bachmann |
| Narrated by | Alex Gibney |
| Cinematography | Ronan Killeen Lisa Rinzler |
| Edited by | Erin Barnett Chad Beck Adam Bolt |
| Music by | Peter Nashel |
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| Distributed by | PBS |
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Running time | 70 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Park Avenue: Money, Power and the American Dream is a 2012 documentary film about the wealth gap in the United States directed by Alex Gibney.
The documentary compares the access to opportunities of residents of Park Avenue both on the Upper East Side and in the South Bronx.[2][3][4] It draws upon Michael Gross's book 740 Park: The Story of the World's Richest Apartment Building, which showed that many billionaires live in that building.[2] It goes on to explain that billionaire heir David Koch made significant donations to Paul Ryan in the same way that banker Steven Schwartzman lobbied Charles Schumer—for their own gain.[2] The documentary includes interviews with a doorman at 740 Park Avenue, journalist Jane Mayer, Yale University Professor Jacob Hacker, University of California, Berkeley Professor Paul Piff, and Republican advisor Bruce Bartlett.[4]
