Crossing the American Crises: From Collapse to Action
- Synopsis
- On September 15, 2008, the United States fell into the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression. The same day, the filmmakers set out on a trip around the country to ask the American people what they had to say about it. In 2010, they went back to see how things had changed. The financial forecasters say the recession is over, but the reality is otherwise. The stories recorded reveal desperation, indignation, hope, dreams and a disastrous economic breakdown; chaos generated by a system of inequality. But the financial meltdown is just one of several human rights crises now shaking the United Statesin housing, education, health care, etc. The film argues that solutions to these problems lie in the hands of the people. Featuring the Vermont Worker’s Center, LA’s Bus Rider’s Union, Santa Fe’s local business Alliance, Oakland’s Green Jobs Now, Baltimore’s United Workers, New York’s Poverty Initiative, the U.S. Social Forum, and American workers, truck drivers, farmers, homeless, ex-felons, minorities, natural disaster survivors, indigenous, immigrants, and residents from coast to coastcovering nearly 40 states across the nation.
Suggested as a good companion film to INSIDE JOB. - Language
- English; Spanish (Spain - Modern)
- Country
- United States
- Year of release
- 2011
- Year of production
- 2011
- Subjects
- Social Studies; Economics
- Keywords
- social conditions; United States of America; economic crisis
Credits
- Director
- Silvia Leindecker
- Producer
- Michael Fox
Distribution Formats
- Type
- DVD
- Format
- Region 1 NTSC
- Price
- $19.95
- Availability
- Sale
- Duration/Size
- 82 minutes
- Year
- 2011
Distributor
- Name
PM Press
- info@pmpress.org
- Web
- http://www.pmpress.org/ External site opens in new window
- Phone
- +1 510 658 3906
- Address
- PO Box 23912
Oakland
CA 94623
USA
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