The One Percent (2006)

Released in 2006 and directed by Jamie Johnson, an heir to the Johnson & Johnson pharmaceutical fortune, this documentary examines the widening wealth inequality in the United States, where the top one percent controls nearly half of the nation's wealth. Johnson interviews prominent figures including Steve Forbes, Milton Friedman, Bill Gates Sr., Nicole Buffett, and Robert Reich, alongside visits to impoverished communities such as Chicago housing projects and Florida sugar fields to illustrate the human impact of economic disparity. Produced with Nick Kurzon and building on Johnson's prior film Born Rich, it critiques estate tax repeal efforts, wealth preservation strategies among elites, and the societal risks of concentrated fortunes, using a mix of personal access, archival material, and on-the-ground reporting to highlight systemic imbalances.