Consuming Kids: The Commercialization of Childhood

Consuming Kids: The Commercialization of Childhood

66 mins | Documentary | Dec. 31, 2007

Consuming Kids throws desperately needed light on the practices of a relentless multi-billion dollar marketing machine that now sells kids and their parents everything from junk food and violent video games to bogus educational products and the family car. Drawing on the insights of health care professionals, children's advocates, and industry insiders, the film focuses on the explosive growth of child marketing in the wake of deregulation, showing how youth marketers have used the latest advances in psychology, anthropology, and neuroscience to transform American children into one of the most powerful and profitable consumer demographics in the world. Consuming Kids pushes back against the wholesale commercialization of childhood, raising urgent questions about the ethics of children's marketing and its impact on the health and well-being of kids.

Consuming Kids: The Commercialization of Childhood

66 mins | Documentary | Dec. 31, 2007

Consuming Kids: The Commercialization of Childhood
Consuming Kids throws desperately needed light on the practices of a relentless multi-billion dollar marketing machine that now sells kids and their parents everything from junk food and violent video games to bogus educational products and the family car. Drawing on the insights of health care professionals, children's advocates, and industry insiders, the film focuses on the explosive growth of child marketing in the wake of deregulation, showing how youth marketers have used the latest advances in psychology, anthropology, and neuroscience to transform American children into one of the most powerful and profitable consumer demographics in the world. Consuming Kids pushes back against the wholesale commercialization of childhood, raising urgent questions about the ethics of children's marketing and its impact on the health and well-being of kids.
IMDb rating 7.9
Producers
Original title Consuming Kids: The Commercialization of Childhood
Directors Adriana Barbaro, Jeremy Earp
Writers Adriana Barbaro, Jeremy Earp

Cast

Daniel Acuff

as himself

Enola Aird

as herself

Michael Brody

as himself