Half of full-time workers in the United States cannot make ends meet. Thousands of them work for the Walt Disney Company. One of them reached out to the dissident heiress Abigail Disney, whose grandfather Roy Disney built what is often called the "happiest place on Earth." Now she's made a documentary about how the family business exploits its workers: "The American Dream and Other Fairy Tales." The film follows workers who have difficulty making ends meet despite the lofty claims of the Disney conglomerate. "This is a phenomenon that's happening across this country in corporations and even around the world," says Disney, who co-directed the film with Kathleen Hughes. Employees who agreed to be filmed "had a hope that if they could change Disney from within, Disney could lead the way for other corporations," notes Hughes.

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