The One Percent Documentary Analysis

The documentary “The One Percent” is a story about the wealth gap in America. It was made by Jamie Johnson a son of the family who created Johnson and Johnson, one of the largest pharmaceutical companies in the world. The Johnson family are also one of the richest families in America. Jamie used his influential family name to talk to many of the richest and most powerful people in the world. The first thing that I noticed in this documentary was how shy people got when he told them the reason for him making his video. I the opening scene he joins a crochet game with a few of his father 's friends and talks to one woman in particular, though they did not mention who she was it was evident she had money. She was shocked he had never played crochet before, which came off a little snobbish to me. But the thing that drew my attention to her was how interesting she seemed when he told her he was working on documentary films until he told her his film was about wealth and issues of social class in America. Once she heard that she coughed and stopped talking. It made me think that she, and other wealthy Americans can see the gap and injustices but do not want to ignore them. …show more content…
This was evident while Jamie was talking to a man in charge of gathering some of the wealthiest families in the world to attend conferences about how to keep their wealth and gain wealth for future generations. At first he was proud about how exclusive his conferences were, then he explained how the wealthy people help the lower class more with their money then it would to redistribute the money through social security and welfare. But after his statement he immediately said “sorry I hope that did not come out sounding crass by the way. You know what I mean, I don 't want to sound...okay. You know what I am talking about, it 's like don 't take the money from