Never before has money seemed so emphatically present in our daily lives. From sky-high housing costs and growing wealth inequality to the power of financial markets: money increasingly determines who gets opportunities, who is left behind, and how much a human life seems to be worth. Yet the subject has occupied filmmakers for more than a century.
In Show Me The Money!, we bring together eleven films that explore the many faces of money. From the gold rush and Wall Street to the struggle for a job, a home, or a better life: here, money is never merely a means of payment, but also a source of desire, power, corruption, inequality, and hope.
With films by Robert Bresson, Akira Kurosawa, Martin Scorsese, Bong Joon-ho, Hirokazu Koreeda, and Sam Raimi, among others, this program shows how money functions as a financial system, a moral force, a social order, and a means of survival. From biting satires and nerve-wracking thrillers to social realist dramas and timeless classics: Show Me The Money! offers a multifaceted look at a subject that touches us all.
