Film: 'Plunder: The Crime of Our Time'

Submitted by bosorio on Wed, 05/12/2010 - 3:07pm
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Date: 
Monday, May 17, 2010 - 9:00pm - 11:00pm
Location : 
DC

Film: 'Plunder: The Crime of Our Time'
May 17, 9:00-11:00PM
Busboys & Poets
14th & V St NW
Washington, DC

Join IPS for this free screening, a culmination of the Showdown on K Street activities that include a post-screening discussion with the filmmaker and others.

The film, by Danny Schechter (aka "The News Dissector"), explores how the financial crisis was built on a foundation of criminal activity uncovering the connection between the collapse of the housing market and the economic catastrophe that followed.

PLUNDER: The Cime of Our Time shows how certain firms created special securities to repackage and resell as dubious loans after they were re-rated as Triple A. The film exposes how these firms leveraged these investments to recklessly put trillions of dollars and the world economy at risk.

Post screening panel:

    * Erica Smiley, Southern Regional Organizer, Jobs with Justice.
    * Karen Dolan, IPS fellow and director of the Cities for Progress and Cities for Peace projects.
    * Danny Schechter, "The News Dissector," an independent filmmaker and TV producer with the award-winning independent company, Globalvision.
    * Moderated by James Early, IPS board member and director of Cultural Studies and Communications at the Smithsonian Center for Folklife & Culture

Space is limited so please RSVP to netfa@ips-dc.org.