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Showing 1 - 7 of 7 titles with a criteria of Subject is The Great Recession (2008-2013)
As Goes Janesville
As Goes Janesville follows two years in the lives of laid off workers and local leaders to tell the story of how an auto community brought to the brink reinvents itself amid America’s worst economic crisis since The Great Depression.
371 Productions | 2012 | 87 minutes
Barber Shop - Ep 3: Detroit / USA
The car industry moved away to low-wage countries and over a million citizens left the city: ‘Motown’ became ‘Ghost town’. Barber Shop Detroit tells the story of nostalgia and pride against a background of economic recession.
First Hand Films | 2017 | 26 minutes
The Flaw
Tells the story of the credit bubble that caused the financial crash of 2008, and clearly explains how excessive income inequality leads to economic instability.
Bullfrog Films | 2011 | 82 minutes
Futures Market
Traces the connections between memory, public space, and the real estate bubbles that led to the international financial crisis.
Icarus Films | 2011 | 110 minutes
Poor Europe
In Europe, you’re considered poor if you have less than 60% of the average national income to live. That’s 119 million people. Is there a European Master plan to change their lives for better – or have they simply been left behind?
First Hand Films | 2017 | 52 minutes
System Error
Examines the fundamentals of capitalism, and the pathological fantasy of infinite growth on a finite planet.
Icarus Films | 2017 | 96 minutes
We All Fall Down
The rise and fall of America's mortgage system and the damage in the wake of its collapse. With Nouriel Roubini, Richard Sylla and Chris Mayer.
Icarus Films | 2009 | 65 minutes