Too Big to Fail
chronicles the 2008 financial meltdown, focusing on the actions of Secretary of
the Treasury Henry Paulson (William Hurt) to contain the problems during the
period of August 2008 to October 3, 2008. Dick Fuld (James Woods), CEO of
Lehman Brothers, is seeking external investment, but investors are wary as
Lehman is seriously exposed to toxic housing assets and the Treasury is
ideologically opposed to offering any sort of bailout as they did for Bear
Stearns. Paulson attempts to arrange a private solution to the Lehman problem,
and both Bank of America and Barclays express interest in Lehman's
"good" assets. Bank of America pulls back from the deal and instead
chooses to purchase Merrill Lynch. Barclays is prepared to accept the terms of
the merger, but British banking regulators refuse to approve the deal. Paulson
directs Fuld to declare bankruptcy before the market opens.
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Tuesday, August 28, 2012
Zeitgeist: Moving Forward
Zeitgeist: Moving
Forward, by director Peter Joseph, is a feature length documentary work which
presents a case for a transition out of the current socioeconomic monetary paradigm
which governs the entire world society.
This subject matter
transcends the issues of cultural relativism and traditional ideology and moves
to relate the core, empirical "life ground" attributes of human and
social survival, extrapolating those immutable natural laws into a new
sustainable social paradigm called a "Resource-Based Economy".
THEATRICAL RELEASE -
Zeitgeist: Moving Forward was released in 60+ countries and in 25+ languages on
January 15th 2011. This large scale release was not associated with any major
distributor. DVD/INTERNET RELEASE
- This is a non-commercial project, which means it is available for free
acquisition via internet in both viewing form and full DVD download. We
also have a discounted DVD available.
Official website
Official website
The Story of Stuff
The Story of Stuff is a short polemical animated documentary about the lifecycle of material goods. The documentary is critical of excessive consumerism and promotes sustainability.
Filmmaker
Annie Leonard wrote and narrated the film, which was funded by Tides
Foundation, Funders Workgroup for Sustainable Production and
Consumption, Free Range Studios and other foundations. Free Range
Studios also produced the documentary, which was first launched online
on December 4, 2007.
The
documentary is being used in elementary schools, arts programs, and
economics classes as well as places of worship and corporate
sustainability trainings.By February 2009, it had been seen in 228
countries and territories.According to the Los Angeles Times as of July
2010, the film had been translated into 15 languages and had been viewed
by over 12 million people.
Tuesday, August 7, 2012
Inside Job
Inside Job
Inside Job is
a 2010 documentary film about the late-2000s financial crisis directed
by Charles H. Ferguson. The film is described by Ferguson as being about
"the systemic corruption of the United States by the financial services
industry and the consequences of that systemic corruption."In five
parts, the film explores how changes in the policy environment and
banking practices helped create the financial crisis.
Inside
Job was well received by film critics who praised its pacing, research,
and exposition of complex material. The film was screened at the 2010
Cannes Film Festival in May and won the 2010 Academy Award for Best
Documentary Feature.
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