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Jill on Money with Jill Schlesinger

The American Dream and Other Fairy Tales Part One

Jill on Money with Jill Schlesinger

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Education, Investing, Business, Self-improvement

4.61.9K Ratings

🗓️ 15 October 2022

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

Filmmaker and activist Abigail Disney joins the show this weekend to discuss her new documentary, "The American Dream and Other Fairy Tales." The film examines income inequality at the company her grandfather and great-uncle founded, asking why the American dream seems so out of reach for so many.

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0:00.0

Welcome to the Jill on Money Show.

0:05.8

It's Saturday, October 15th.

0:08.0

And this weekend, we have a guest, which will be really fun, Abigail Disney.

0:13.9

You know, that Disney, that family.

0:16.6

She's a filmmaker.

0:17.6

She's an advocate.

0:18.6

She has a famous last name.

0:20.7

She is known to a lot of people around the world.

0:23.4

She's out with a new documentary.

0:25.4

It's called The American Dream and other fairy tales.

0:29.6

This is so interesting because this doc really takes a microscope to the company that

0:34.8

her great-uncle Walt and her grandfather Roy co-founded.

0:39.7

And what she's trying to do, I think, is expose what she sees as larger issues in corporate

0:45.2

America.

0:46.2

So today, in part one, we're going to focus on the Disney family and a little bit of Abigail's

0:51.7

exposure to this idea of Disneyland.

0:55.8

So without further ado, this is my interview with Abigail Disney.

1:00.1

I want to understand what you believe to be the situation around income inequality in

1:06.0

the preceding state.

1:07.5

Let's say 10 years because obviously we had the financial crisis, the Great Recession.

1:12.9

And there was a movement of foot called Occupy Wall Street.

1:16.9

And so what did you think about the issue or did you even think about the issue of income

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