Name: The True Cost
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2015
Duration: 1 min 32 s

Brief Synopsis

This documentary focuses on 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 film pulls back the curtain on the untold story and asks us to consider, who really pays the price for our clothing? Filmed in countries all over the world, from the brightest runways to the darkest slums, and featuring interviews with the world's leading influences including Stella McCartney, Livia Firth and Vandana Shiva, it invites us on an eye-opening journey around the world and into the lives of the many people and places behind our clothes.

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Film Details

Also Known As

True Cost

MPAA Rating

Genre

Documentary

Release Date

2015

Technical Specs

Duration

1h 32m

Synopsis

This documentary focuses on 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 film pulls back the curtain on the untold story and asks us to consider, who really pays the price for our clothing? Filmed in countries all over the world, from the brightest runways to the darkest slums, and featuring interviews with the world's leading influences including Stella McCartney, Livia Firth and Vandana Shiva, it invites us on an eye-opening journey around the world and into the lives of the many people and places behind our clothes.