The One Percent (film)

The One Percent
Directed byJamie Johnson
Written byJamie Johnson
Nick Kurzon
Produced byJamie Johnson
Nick Kurzon
CinematographyNick Kurzon
Edited byMatthew Hamachek
Nick Kurzon
Michael Levine
Music byRobert Miller
Production
companies
Wise and Good Films, LLC
Release date
  • April 29, 2006 (2006-04-29) (Tribeca Film Festival)
Running time
76 minutes (television)[1]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

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 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.[2]

The film premiered on April 29, 2006, at the Tribeca Film Festival.[3][4] A revised version of the film incorporating footage shot since the 2006 festival screening premiered on February 21, 2008, on HBO's Cinemax.[5][6]

  1. ^ "HBO Schedule: THE ONE PERCENT". HBO. Archived from the original on 2008-02-26.
  2. ^ Domhoff, G. William (February 2013) [2005]. "Power in America: Wealth, Income, and Power". Who Rules America? Power, Politics, & Social Change. University of California at Santa Cruz. Retrieved 2016-09-19.
  3. ^ Holt, Emily (2006-04-27). "Stealth Wealth". WWD. New York, N.Y.: Fairchild Publishing LLC. Retrieved 2016-09-22.
  4. ^ Yabroff, Jennie (2006-05-07). "Money Changes Everything". The New York Times. Retrieved 2016-11-30.
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference mc-Buffett was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  6. ^ Rose, Lacey (2008-02-20). "Q&A: Jamie Johnson On "The One Percent" (Part 1)". Forbes. Retrieved 2016-09-21.