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Tax Wars

2024 · 93 min

A sober, talk-driven documentary that makes global tax policy feel like a high-stakes tug-of-war between ordinary people and corporate power.

Overview
Tax Wars takes viewers behind-the-scenes of a global effort to put people before profits, hold multinationals accountable, and demand the world’s most powerful corporations pay their fair share of tax.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • class
  • power
  • justice
  • politics
  • corruption
Places
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • documentary
  • true story
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour2
Realism10
Romance0
Tension4
Darkness4
Complexity6
Emotional weight5

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Where to watch in the UK

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Details

Genres
documentary
Directed by
Hege Dehli, Xavier Harel
Starring
Eva Joly, Thomas Piketty, Gabriel Zucman, Joseph Stiglitz, Philippe Petitcolin, Jayati Ghosh
Runtime
93 min
Country
France, Norway
Languages
English, French

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