Summary
Creative essay doc inspired by Lewis Hyde's classic bestseller The Gift. Chronicling gift-based cultures around the world and challenging the logic of global capitalism, the film inspires the question: is life about getting or giving?
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Critics vs audiences
Critics like it more than audiences (+21)
Critics 100Audiences 79GoodWatch 76
Tomatometer100%
Audience score89%
IMDb6.8
Running time
1 h 30 min
A typical length for documentaries, −6 min on the typical 96
typical 9690Half of all documentaries run 89–107 min.
Reach
Streams in 37 countries, rent or buy in 2 more
+27Released
2019
May 17, 2019
7 years ago
Genre
DocumentaryLanguage
English
Original language
Also spoken
ItalianMade in
Canada
Directing · 1
- Robin McKenna Director
Production · 1
- Ina Fichman Producer
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