Maybe you already knew that the South Bronx is the poorest Congressional District in the country, but this new doc, Park Avenue: Money, Power & the American Dream, which premieres tonight on PBS, goes a little further and shows us just how effed up the disparity is and speculates on the causes.
Academy Award-winning filmmaker Alex Gibney (Taxi to the Dark Side, Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room) presents his take on the gap between rich and poor Americans in Park Avenue: Money, Power and the American Dream. Gibney contends that America’s richest citizens have “rigged the game in their favor,” and created unprecedented inequality in the United States.
Nowhere, Gibney asserts, is this more evident than on Park Avenue in New York. 740 Park in Manhattan is currently home to the highest concentration of billionaires in the country. Across the river, less than five miles away, Park Avenue runs through the South Bronx, home to the poorest congressional district in the United States.
via Who’s Afraid of the Park? and The Incredible Disparity Between Park Ave., Manhattan And Park Ave., Bronx
