Casino Jack and the United States of Money trailer – Documentary synopsis – This portrait of Washington super lobbyist Jack Abramoff—from his early years as a gung-ho member of the GOP political machine to his final reckoning as a disgraced, imprisoned pariah—confirms the adage that truth is indeed stranger than fiction. A tale of international [...]
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Quants: The Alchemists Of Wall Street
Quants are the mathematical wizards and computer programmers in the engine room of our global financial system who designed the financial derivatives products that almost crashed Wall Street and destroyed our economy. These mathematical scientists are the financial geniuses, who instead of evaluating individual companies and their performance, management and competitors, use mathematical formulas to [...]
FRONTLINE: The Warning
Think Harry Markopolos is an American hero for continuously warning SEC regulators for years about Bernie Madoff’s record breaking Ponzi scheme, which eventually defrauded investors out of about $50 BILLION dollars? Then you’ll be even more impressed with Brooksley Born, a true American heroine and former head of the CFTC, who bravely put everything on [...]
Floored: The Movie
A world that’s more riot than profession, the trading floors of Chicago are a place where gambling your family’s mortgage is all in a day’s work. FLOORED, at a time when markets are unhinged, offers a unique window to this lesser-known world of finance. These men may not have degrees, but they’ve got guts, and [...]
Capitalism: A Love Story
Michael Moore’s interview on ABC News, Good Morning America. “Michael Moore’s provocative new film ‘Capitalism: A Love Story’ — it is a fierce attack on our economic system at a time when many Americans are wondering what what wrong on Wall Street and why our economy was nearly brought to the brink of collapse last [...]
To Catch a Dollar
Muhammad Yunus banks on America, trying to establish a “trickle-up” effect – a 2010 Sundance Film Festival premier documentary. Documentary Spotlight: What prevents poor people from getting ahead? Banks refuse to give credit without collateral. Where commercial banks see insolvency, Nobel Prize–winning economist Muhammad Yunus sees opportunity. His groundbreaking Grameen Bank was built on the [...]