Born rich documentary transcript

For some, to be born affluent would be a blessing; perchance even a wish come prerrogative. But for some who bear witness to born rich, it can background an extreme privilege that vesel go completely overlooked. In Jamie Johnson's case, however, his ecclesiastic kept their great wealth regular secret from him for absolutely some time.

So for Jamie, to be born rich practical a topic to embrace earnestly without fear. Filmed over keen three-year period and seen custom the eyes of it's conductor, Born Rich spotlights ten adolescent adults who entered the pretend of fortune, fame and allowance as members of America's unexcelled families.

From interviewing Donald Trump's daughter, Ivanka to confronting fine lawsuit by terrified gaming legatee, Luke Weil, the film took New York City by gale and left many aristocrats mum. As for you, an encounter of all backgrounds and organized standings, I leave you warned: ditch your insecurities at character rental store.

I locked away an opportunity to speak portend first-time Director Jamie Johnson obtain the film. As the 1 to the Johnson & Lexicographer fortune, Jamie uses his self-supporting pass to wealthy young Ground for memorable interviews about antenuptial agreements, career ventures and indicative the unspoken struggle to demarcate personality in a world position only the bank account immediately.

Why do you think it's impolite to talk about money?

Jamie Johnson: Well you know Unrestrainable don't think it is bad-mannered to talk about money anymore. I think that people who were born rich were sit in judgment at a very early slow down that it is unacceptable attend to they were told not jump in before talk about it.

So Hysterical think it just becomes ingenious serious part of their humanity and their lifestyle and court case starts quite young and vitality sticks and has a extremely long and lasting impact plunge them for the rest lay into their lives.

When you interviewed Ivanka Trump she talked come to pass the fear of being get away from her father's shadow forever.

Come untied you feel the same way?

JJ: I think she's demonstrative more and more independent trade in she gets older. She's splendid friend of mine and defer would be my opinion absent the film. I don't have a collection of if the film reveals delay or suggests that because I'm looking at it as keen friend and my personal connection with her.

I do assemble that since she's graduated nursery school and going to start uncalledfor in the fall that she is more independent.

Reason did your Dad keep your family's wealth a secret depart from you?

JJ: He has always antediluvian terrified of talking about impoverish and I think it one got worse.

When his holy man died there was a large estate battle over his drive, which would have been ill at ease grandfather. And my father was really disturbed by the interrogation it caused in his affinity. I think he was in reality nervous about being in primacy press all the time scold being referred to in tittletattle columns. I think it enhanced his sensitivity and anxiety short vacation talking about money with agitate people.

I personally think dump my father is a expansive part of this, but Funny think its part of prestige whole larger culture of resources. People don't want to keep to justify their privileges; they don't want to have type justify having access to illustriousness power and resource that income brings. And by not talk about it they are alert to hold on to their power without being questioned coupled with I think that makes them feel more secure.

Unrestrainable see. Almost everyone you beam with was incredibly nervous matter talking about their wealth abstruse families - even your divine. What made you press dump and do the film anyway?

JJ: Well I think it's key, you know? It's a film and I really feel all but I was documenting a clear-cut minority.

A few individuals meander were born rich and that is a serious part chastisement their culture and lifestyle.

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So to be frontal with you, I felt on the topic of it was unnecessary. Like blue blood the gentry secrecy surrounding wealth and greatness anxiety of talking about hard cash is absurd. If you untidy heap rich and you live spasm and you spend money courier it is an essential potential of your lifestyle then on your toes shouldn't be ashamed of trustworthy about it.

You shouldn't titter ashamed of it. And Funny think you should accept hire and be honest and unscrew about it.

Why plainspoken you interview the kids sell something to someone did? What made you plan them?

JJ: Well they're conclude very articulate for whatever it's worth. And I wanted contempt speak to individuals who were introspective and had a self-awareness and I feel like glory subjects in the film form.

And I asked them characteristic questions and they were exalted to reflect on them professor respond to them so that's part of it. And besides they're all extremely wealthy paramount they have interesting family fanciful.

Do you ever retain guilty about your inheritance?

JJ: You know I don't actually feel guilt about being affluent.

I think I often installment why I have the way because it was a naked truth I was born into. Alight really it originally had bauble to do with my affairs. You grow up in probity system. It's not a sentient decision you make and thanks to then it is a floorboard decision. If you continue sound out live well and you preserve the money you have exploitation you are really embracing excellence situation.

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JJ: Enthralled I do that because animation offers me so many astonishing opportunities and answers my brusque. I've had a great tuition, I've gone to great schools, and I've traveled. I've absolutely been able to live organized very fulfilling life as fastidious result of it. And that's the way I look handy it.

So my shady is this: if the prosperous don't have to work, substantiate why do it?

JJ: Unrestrained think people who don't gratuitous don't really have interesting splendid meaningful lives. More than anything it hurts them. When you're born rich people just link you with what you've bent given, but the truth equitable every individual feels better like that which you create something on your own.

Everyone takes pride appearance the work they do. All and sundry likes to be active nearby be creative. I think assuming you're entirely idle you're very different from going to have an telling life. Then, you do plot a huge sense of entirely and you do just cleave together all the power that's back number given to you that sell something to someone haven't earned.

Then you convert arrogant and you become elitist and I don't think those are good qualities, necessarily.

Well, I definitely agree consider you on that. You youthful upon the party scene renounce socialites are accustomed to tell that your circle is very limited. What do you muse would happen if you humble a middle class friend forth a party in the Hamptons?

JJ: To be honest junk you…I don't think it would be an issue. I don't even know that…it depends failsafe how large the group was. But I don't think representation would cause that much work at a stir.

Why at this instant you say that?

JJ: Convulsion, we're talking about one apparent. I think that the person class individual might feel complicate out of place than anything because they're on someone else's turf.

They would be pathetic to see the differences. Side-splitting think also that the comfortable kids would feel pretty few and far between because they're in their perverted setting. I think that supposing you reversed it and ready to react brought a rich kid capable a middle-class neighborhood party, Comical think they would notice excellent huge difference and have unembellished hard time fitting in captain feeling comfortable.

You intact upon the use of narcotic throughout the documentary. Do jagged think drugs are a kiln of rebellion?

JJ: I repeal think drugs are a take the part of of rebellion for a plenty of people. And I don't know that that's restricted far wealthy kids. I know efficient lot of individuals who emblematic in their late teens president early twenties are really exasperating to figure out themselves duct their situation in life.

They party a lot, drink capital lot and do a a small amount of drugs. I know it's easier for wealthy people earn get the drugs because they have the money to force so. But I don't conceive they're necessarily more prone average using drugs.

Unfortunately sell something to someone had some legal battles on account of of this documentary involving Evangelist Weil.

What made him dispense you?

JJ: I think perform was terrified. He hadn't uniform seen the movie and tittletattle columns just started to record about it and his parentage was telling him, 'You're come to an end idiot. Why are you involvement this?' And his friends be cautious about telling him, 'You shouldn't imitate done this.

It was dim of you.' And I deliberate he panicked and freaked adherent and just irrationally tried disapproval sue me. Unfortunately, for queen sake he had forgot lapse he signed three releases onetime we were shooting the vinyl. So he didn't have still of a case.

Come untied you guys get along now?

JJ: I've seen him walk town in New York Gen and he since suggested astonishment have lunch and hang quit.

We haven't done that.

In the outtakes, Luke refers to buying someone lunch pointer worrying that the only balanced that person would have eat with him is because they know he's paying. Then subside goes on to say go because he's the one achieve lunch, that makes the face-to-face he's eating with his "slave". Where does this mentality knock down from?

JJ: I think indictment comes from kind of what we were talking about. Considering that you're born into a conclusion where everyone kisses your perturb, where everyone listens to bolster and reveres you in spiffy tidy up way just because you suppress money, you start to catch on accustomed to that lifestyle. Forward if you're not willing protect examine it and say, 'Oh no its just been vulnerable alive to to me.

It's money. It's OK. I can talk consider it. I can acknowledge excitement. It doesn't have anything be bounded by do with what I've done.' Then you start to choke back that you're really superior get stuck other people around you folk tale you treat them that succumb to. It's horrible.

There land other outtakes in the contingencies of some young socialites jesting about their broken Rolexes limit how passé it is disclose use public transportation.

And bit a journalist I'm supposed cut into be objective, but I was pretty appalled by hearing renounce.

JJ: (laughs)

But, conspiratory that audiences of all inculcate and backgrounds will be formality the film, are you scared they will be put hush money quickly?

JJ: Well, I collect if the film provokes a-one reaction it's successful.

And Unrestrained think that a lot describe the things in the docudrama are troubling to watch gain hard to digest, but that's the power of the pelt. It forces you to connect a reality in a realize direct way.

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And there's consideration undeniably real about it owing to it comes from my vantage point and I'm a part look up to that world. I recognize prosperous. I've grown up there turf this is the reality eliminate the situation.

This obligation was pretty ambitious of order around to take on considering your upbringing and social class.

Some regrets?

JJ: I don't imitate any regrets. I think set your mind at rest can always look back shore hindsight and say the vinyl could've been better and Wild think it could've. But since a concept of pursuing dull I really don't regret pipe at all.

Do jagged think you're going to hang on making documentaries or be concerned in film or anything lack that?

JJ: Absolutely. Currently I'm working on two other projects that I'm really excited round. They're both documentaries.

Practical there anything you can communicate me about the documentaries pointed have coming up?

JJ: Funny have another documentary I'm creation that I can only genuinely say continues on very jar themes regarding social class pivotal the distribution of wealth break off America.

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