“The True Cost” documentary, the hidden face of textiles
The documentary “The true cost”, directed by Andrew Morgan, highlights the hidden underbelly of the textile industry. Released in 2015, it asks an essential question in the world of fast fashion: who really pays the price of our clothes?
After being shocked by the tragedy of the collapse of Rana Plaza in Bangladesh, Andrew Morgan decided to launch a crowd-funding campaign for the making of this film, with the aim of providing answers to this question.
This film explores the entire textile production chain from the cotton fields in India to the production factories in Bangladesh, exposing the sad reality of why the prices of our clothes are so low today. “It’s really an invitation to say: Here’s something you might not have considered.” Andrew Morgan.
If the price of our clothing has continued to decrease over the past 20 years, the human and environmental costs have increased dramatically. We just consume more and more without thinking about the consequences and measuring the impact that each of us has on our planet and on the lives of the people who make our clothes.
It is a documentary that left its mark on us and which only strengthened our desire to offer an alternative to this unbridled consumerism. After watching this film, you will probably never look at your wardrobe the same way again.
