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Park Avenue: Money, Power & the American Dream

Documentary.net staff — Sun, 20 Jan 2013 05:23:22 +0000

Academy Award-winning filmmaker Alex Gibney (Taxi to the Dark Side, Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room) presents his take on the gap between rich and poor Americans in Park Avenue: Money, Power and the American Dream. Gibney contends that America’s richest citizens have “rigged the game in their favor,” and created unprecedented inequality in the United States. Nowhere, Gibney asserts, is this more evident than on Park Avenue in New York. 740 Park in Manhattan is currently home to the highest concentration of billionaires in the country. Across the river, less than five miles away, Park Avenue runs through the South Bronx, home to the poorest congressional district in the United States. In Park Avenue: Money, Power and the American Dream, Gibney states that while income disparity has always existed in the U.S., it has accelerated sharply over the last 40 years. As of 2010, the 400 richest Americans controlled more wealth than the bottom 50 percent of the populace — 150 million people. In the film, Gibney explains why he believes upward mobility is increasingly out of reach for the poor. Alex Gibney directed the 2008 Academy Award-winning film Taxi to the Dark Side and the 2006 Oscar-nominated film Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room. Other credits as director include Magnolia Pictures’s releases Casino Jack and the United States of Money and Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson. Gibney was the executive producer of the Oscar-nominated No End in Sight, consulting producer on Who Killed the Electric Car?, and producer of Herbie Hancock: Possibilities.

Money & Speed: Inside the Black Box

Documentary.net staff — Tue, 25 Dec 2012 08:24:10 +0000

Money & Speed: Inside the Black Box is a thriller based on actual events that takes you to the heart of our automated world. Based on interviews with those directly involved and data visualizations up to the millisecond, it reconstructs the flash crash of May 6th 2010: the fastest and deepest U.S. stock market plunge ever. Money & Speed: Inside the Black Box is developed by filmmaker Marije Meerman in close collaboration with design studio Catalogtree. This explorative documentary is a marriage of strong storytelling and meticulous visual analysis. A rare opportunity to experience what is happening inside the black boxes of our rapidly evolving financial markets. Directed by Marije Meerman

97% Owned – Monetary Reform Documentary

Documentary.net staff — Tue, 01 May 2012 08:30:55 +0000

97% owned present serious research and verifiable evidence on our economic and financial system. This is the first documentary to tackle this issue from a UK-perspective and explains the inner workings of Central Banks and the Money creation process. When money drives almost all activity on the planet, it's essential that we understand it. Yet simple questions often get overlooked, questions like; where does money come from? Who creates it? Who decides how it gets used? And what does this mean for the millions of ordinary people who suffer when the monetary, and financial system, breaks down? Produced by Queuepolitely and featuring Ben Dyson of Positive Money, Josh Ryan-Collins of The New Economics Foundation, Ann Pettifor, the "HBOS Whistleblower" Paul Moore, Simon Dixon of Bank to the Future and Nick Dearden from the Jubliee Debt Campaign. Political philosopher John Gray, commented, "We're not moving to a world in which crises will never happen or will happen less and less. We are in a world in which they happen several times during a given human lifetime and I think that will continue to be the case" If you have decided that crisis as a result of the monetary system is not an event you want to keep revisiting in your life-time then this documentary will equip you with the knowledge you need, what you do with it is up to you (Description by the filmmakers).

Save Money on Documentary Filmmaking – Part I

Documentary.net staff — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 13:53:05 +0000

As soon as you are planning to shoot a doc in a foreign country production costs i.e. for calling locals or team members can explode. But there are plenty of solutions to save money: 1) Worldwide telephone calls IP-telephone services like Webcalldirect.com When you look at their rates you will be surprised. Calls within the US are free (fixed and mobile) and rates to most countries are very low. The cost for calling fixed lines is about 1-2 cent/min and to mobile carriers you will have to pay between 3-10cent/minute. So let's say you plan to shoot in Australia the rate is 1,1 cent fixed lines and 7 cent to mobile phones. All you need is an internet connection. This can be on your PC or Mac or via the iPhone, Android or Symbian app "mobilevoip". There you enter your login data from webcalldirect and you are ready to go. 2) Use free wifi networks Checking emails, telephone calls via IP, Google Maps etc. with your home telecom provider isn't very clever due to roaming costs. A better idea would be to inform yourself about free wifi coverage in the area you plan to shoot. There are couple of good sites that list free hotspots worldwide. Not to forget: Many McDonalds or Burger King locations offer free internet.

Wlanmap.com - Mainly Europe (german spoken)
Free-hostspot.com

3) Sleep at lower costs Hotels can be very expensive. So you could think of using the service of Airbnb. Real people share their appartments/rooms with other people. Via airbnb you can stay at 19,664 cities in 196 countries (Oct. 2011). Another perfect way to find accomodations with a perfect price value fit is Booking.com 4) Compare prices when buying equipment and gadgets You need tapes, harddrives or even a camera? Before buying, make sure you get the best deal. Again, there are many decent sites that help you to compare prices online.

5) Website and domain name

If you think of running a website for our film, do not pay too much on the domain name or webspace. GoDaddy will give you a .com domain for USD 7,49/year. Click here to get this price. If you also need a webhost you could start with Justhost. They are cheap (USD 4,45 or Euro 3,95 /month) and quite reliable and a good solution for small sites. JustHost comes with one domain (com/net/org) domain included for free (You must not stream films from this host, but you should use YouTube or vimeo for that anyway). With the bonuscode SPECIAL20OFF you get 20% off the price.

These are only a couple of ideas, more to follow. If you miss one, please share it by commenting. We will add it to the list.

The Top 1 Percent – Inequality in the US

Documentary.net staff — Wed, 03 Aug 2011 11:56:27 +0000

The richest 1% of US Americans earn nearly a quarter of the country's income and control an astonishing 40% of its wealth. Inequality in the US is more extreme than it's been in almost a century — and the gap between the super rich and the poor and middle class people has widened drastically over the last 30 years. Meanwhile, in Washington, a bitter partisan debate over how to cut deficit spending and reduce the US' 14.3 trillion dollar debt is underway. As low and middle class wages stagnate and unemployment remains above 9%, Republicans and Democrats are tussling over whether to slash funding for the medical and retirement programs that are the backbone of the US's social safety net, and whether to raise taxes — or to cut them further. The budget debate and the economy are the battleground on which the 2012 presidential election race will be fought. And the United States has never seemed so divided — both politically and economically. How did the gap grow so wide, and so quickly? And how are the convictions, campaign contributions and charitable donations of the top 1% impacting the other 99% of Americans? The film investigates the gap between the rich and the rest.

Dirty Money – Curruption is Flourishing

Documentary.net staff — Wed, 08 Jun 2011 11:44:29 +0000

The recent uprisings across the Middle East and North Africa have revolved around one common theme - a popular desire for freedom from repression. But there has often been an economic undercurrent too. The lavish lifestyles enjoyed by dictators have fuelled widespread anger at the way national assets have been looted for the benefit of the few. So what happens to all this wealth once it is spirited out of the country? Can it ever be recovered? And why does the international banking system make it so easy for corruption to flourish? Financial journalist Steve Levinson is looking for answers.

Brazilian Kids Risking Death to Make Money

Documentary.net staff — Thu, 12 May 2011 14:20:06 +0000

Brazilian children at the Tajaparu river risk getting cut to pieces as they fasten their canoes onto fast-moving tourist boats in order to sell their goods. They are risking death in order to make a few pennies selling sweets and jams.

Capitalism: A Love Story (2009) [Review]

Oliver Stangl — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 16:22:04 +0000

Michael Moore made himself a name with documentaries that are as entertaining as they are polemical (Bowling for Columbine, Fahrenheit 9/11). Capitalism: A Love Story makes no exception. In this film not the bank robbers are evil but the banks. And the biggest evil of all is the system of capitalism, according to Moore. „Capitalism is a system of taking and giving. Mostly giving.“ he explains. To prove his point, Moore uses some disturbing footage – for example a video that shows how a family is forced out of their house because they couldn’t afford the payments anymore. The economical crisis turned the american dream of owning a home into a nightmare. This doesn’t mean that Capitalism is a depressing film – for most of it’s running time it is quite funny, for example when Moore compares the USA to old decadent Rome, using footage of old Hollywood movies. In another scene he tries to enter the headquarters of General Motors (in his film Roger & Me from 1989 showed how jobs got lost because production facilities were moved to countries in which production cost less)but gets thrown out immediately. „What the fuck happened?“, asks Moore and answers himself: Tax relief for the rich under the presidency of Ronald Reagan. While the big companies got richer and richer, the salaries of the working class stayed the same – while life became more expensive. Moore’s solution to all of this is more democracy. He shows how a factory isn’t closed because the workers refuse to leave. The film has it’s weaknesses – often there is too much talk going nowhere, some statistics are questionable (as always in his films) and sometimes the camera shows crying people too often. This is not a subtle film, but on the other hand, that’s nothing you would expect from Moore. He uses the sledge hammer to make his point. And he has a point. All in all, Capitalism asks the right questions and shows a financial system out of control. documentary.net says: Not perfect, but provocative and entertaining.

Capitalism: A Love Story

Documentary.net staff — Wed, 09 Mar 2011 23:24:31 +0000

Michael Moore's next film explores the root causes of the global economic meltdown and takes a comical look at the corporate and political shenanigans that culminated in what Moore has described as the biggest robbery in the history of this country the massive transfer of U.S. taxpayer money to private financial institutions. Michael Moore, Capitalism, Love Story, New Movie, Corporation, Government Bail Out, AIG, Bank of America, Merrill Lynch, Freddie Mac, Fannie Mae, Documentary, Political, Bowling for Columbine, Fahrenheit 9/11, Roger and Me, George W Bush, Barack Obama, Congress, General Motors, Flint, Politics.

Zeitgeist: The Movie – 2007

Documentary.net staff — Fri, 04 Feb 2011 07:01:24 +0000

Zeitgeist: The Movie is a 2007 documentary film by Peter Joseph. It asserts a number of conspiracy theory-based ideas, including the Christ myth theory, alternative theories for the parties responsible for the September 11th attacks and that bankers manipulate the international monetary system and the media in order to consolidate power. The history of "Zeitgeist: The Movie" is not what many assume. The original Zeitgeist was actually not a "film", but a performance piece, which consisted of a vaudevillian style multi-media event using recorded music, live instruments and video. The event was given over a 6-night period in New York City and then, without any interest to professionally release or produce the work, was "tossed" up on the Internet arbitrarily. The work was never designed as a film or even a documentary in a traditional sense - it was designed as a creative, provoking, emotionally driven expression, full of artistic extremity and heavily stylized gestures. However, once online, an unexpected flood of interest began to generate. Within 6 months over 50 Million views were recorded on Google Video counters (before they were reset for some reason). The current combined estimates put the number of Internet views at over 100 million as of 2009. Suddenly "Zeitgeist" the event, became "Zeitgeist: The Movie".