Store Wars: When Wal-Mart Comes to Town (2001)
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- United States
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The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
This documentary examines the effects of a large retail chain opening a store in a small American town. It shows the perspectives of local business owners, workers, and community members as they face change.
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What happens
Store Wars: When Wal-Mart Comes to Town is a documentary based on a true story, directed by filmmaker Micha Peled. The movie was released on October 2, 2001. It is Peled's second documentary after Will My Mother Go Back to Berlin? (1993). It is the part one of Peled's Globalization Trilogy where the other two films of the trilogy are China Blue (2005) and Bitter Seeds (2011). The film's music was directed by Pete Sears and the cinematography was taken care by Allen Moore. It was premiered in South by Southwest Film Festival in 2001. The documentary won CINE Golden Eagle Awards and Golden Gate award in San Francisco International Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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