Learning on ScreenIn Debt we Trust: America Before the Bubble Bursts
- Synopsis
- This hard-hitting documentary investigates why so many Americans - college and high school students in particular - are being strangled by debt. Zeroing in on how the mall has replaced the factory as America’s dominant economic engine, former ABC News and CNN producer Danny Schechter shows how college students are being forced to pay higher interest on loans while graduating, on average, with more than $20,000 in consumer debt. The film empowers as it enrages, delivering an introduction to what former Reagan advisor Kevin Phillips has called "the debt-and-credit industrial complex."
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
- Year of release
- 2007
- Year of production
- 2007
- Subjects
- Economics; Social sciences
- Keywords
- debt; student life; United States of America
Credits
- Director
- Daniel Schechter
Distribution Formats
- Type
- DVD
- Format
- Region 2 PAL
- Availability
- Sale
- Duration/Size
- 52 minutes
- Year
- 2007
Production Company
- Name
Globalvision
Distributor
- Name
Media Education Foundation
- info@mediaed.org
- Web
- http://www.mediaed.org External site opens in new window
- Phone
- +1 413 584 8500
- Fax
- +1 413 586 8398
- Address
- 60 Masonic Street
Northampton
Massachusetts 01060
USA - Notes
- The MEF produces and distributes documentary films and other educational resources to inspire critical reflection on the social, political and cultural impact of the mass media, particularly in the US, with emphasis on gender, health, politics, race and commercialism. Sale on DVD.
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