In a raw and haunting portrait of modern society, The Divide follows seven individuals from the US and UK as they struggle to survive — or succeed — in a world where the top 0.1% owns as much wealth as the bottom 90%.
From Wall Street psychologist Alden chasing the elusive top 1%, to Leah, a KFC worker in Virginia just trying to make it through each day, to Jen, isolated in an upscale gated community that doesn’t accept her, each story reveals how deeply economic division shapes every corner of life.
Blending personal testimony with powerful archive footage from 1979 to today, The Divide paints a lyrical, psychological, and tragicomic picture of a society fraying under the weight of inequality. Inspired by the groundbreaking book The Spirit Level, this documentary isn’t a fictional dystopia — it’s real life.
It stands as both a sobering warning and a fierce call to action: the greater the gap, the deeper the divide.
Original Title : The Divide
Director : Katharine Round
Cast : Noam Chomsky, Max Hastings, Ha-Joon Chang
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