''The One Percent'' is a 2006
documentary about the growing
wealth gap between the wealthy elite compared to the overall citizenry in the United States. It was created by
Jamie Johnson, an heir to the
Johnson & Johnson
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fortune, and produced by Jamie Johnson and Nick Kurzon. The film's title refers to the top one percent of Americans in terms of wealth, who controlled 42.2 percent of total financial wealth in 2004.
The film premiered on April 29, 2006, at the
Tribeca Film Festival.
A revised version of the film incorporating footage shot since the 2006 festival screening premiered on February 21, 2008, on HBO's
Cinemax.
Interviews
The film is 76 minutes long and features interviews with a diverse range of individuals:
* Nicole Buffett – Adopted daughter of
Warren Buffett's son
Peter from a previous marriage. Warren
disowned her shortly after she appeared on ''
Oprah'' with Johnson to discuss the film in 2006.
The disownment received attention in the media and was discussed in the documentary when it aired on HBO's Cinemax in 2008.
*
Chuck Collins
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–
Estate tax proponent, author, and great-grandson of
Oscar Mayer
*
Steve Forbes – CEO of Forbes, Inc., former presidential candidate, proponent of a
flat tax
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, and son of
Malcolm Forbes
* Cody Franchetti – Italian baron, and heir to
Milliken & Company
*
Milton Friedman – Economist, and Nobel Laureate: 1976 winner of the
Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences. Friedman abruptly ends the interview after accusing Johnson of advocating socialism.
*
Bill Gates Sr. – Father of Microsoft Founder
Bill Gates, and opponent of an estate tax repeal
* Michael Hakim – real estate heir and Beverly Hills City Council candidate
* James Hughes Jr. – Family wealth advisor
*
Eddie Bernice Johnson – Former Chair of the
Congressional Black Caucus
* Gretchen Johnson –
Jamie Johnson's mother
* James Johnson –
Jamie Johnson's father
*
Adnan Khashoggi – International arms merchant
*
Claude R. Kirk Jr.
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Early life
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– Former governor of
Florida
* Greg Kushner – Lido Wealth Conference Director
*
John Lewis – U.S. Representative from
Georgia
* Roy O. Martin – President of the
Louisiana-based Martin Lumber Company
* Brian McNally – The Johnson family's financial advisor (asset manager)
*
Dan Miller – Former
U.S. Representative from
Florida
* Karl Muth – Investment banking heir
*
Ralph Nader – Consumer advocate and former presidential candidate
* Larry Noble –
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*
Paul Orfalea – Founder of
Kinko's
*
Kevin Phillips – Former
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strategist
* Jimmie Price – Taxi driver
* Nathaniel P. Reed –
Undersecretary of
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*
Robert Reich – Former
U.S. Secretary of Labor
* Greg Schell – Attorney, Migrant Farmer Justice Program
*
Edward Wolff
Edward Nathan Wolff (April 10, 1946) is an American economist whose work concerns wealth and wealth disparity. He is a professor of economics at New York University and a research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research. He also ...
– Professor of Economics,
New York University
See also
*
Occupy Wall Street
*
We are the 99%
References
External links
Official website*
{{DEFAULTSORT:One Percent
2006 films
American documentary films
Documentary films about the ruling class
Documentary films about families
2006 documentary films
Films directed by Jamie Johnson (filmmaker)
HBO documentary films
2000s English-language films
2000s American films