Henry Paulson

Este documental analiza los factores que llevaron a la crisis financiera de 2008 y los esfuerzos realizados por el entonces Secretario del Tesoro Henry Paulson, el Presidente del Banco de la Reserva Federal de Nueva York Timothy Geithner y el Presidente de la Reserva Federal Ben Bernanke para salvar a Estados Unidos de un colapso económico.

In the last 250 years, free-market ideology has played a central role in the development of the logic and rhetoric that have influenced the daily life of populations throughout the world. It was cornered for a few decades during the twentieth century in favor of a social economy for the public interest, and then returned to the limelight in the last thirty years of the century to dominate the logics that drive world economies, doing the favor of the elites at the expense of 99%. Through the testimony of six people informed about the facts, Laissez-faire offers a historical and ideological perspective through which to identify the fundamental problems of the economic mechanism on which societies are based.

An intimate portrait of recently retired Congressman Barney Frank, one of our most well-known and least understood political figures, this documentary alternates between deeply personal moments and the inner workings of our political process. Rare archival material and interviews reveal the emotional pain and harmful effects of a closeted life, the relief of coming out and the triumph of love through the Congressman's historic same-sex marriage. Frank's journey is our country's journey, a classic American story about a dedicated public servant who never loses hope.

For three weeks in September 2008, one person was charged with preventing the collapse of the global economy. No one understood the financial markets better than Hank Paulson, the former CEO of Goldman Sachs. In Hank: Five Years from the Brink, Paulson tells the complete story of how he persuaded banks, Congress and presidential candidates to sign off on nearly $1 trillion in bailouts - even as he found the behavior that led to the crisis, and the bailouts themselves, morally reprehensible. Directed by Academy Award nominee Joe Berlinger (Paradise Lost Trilogy, Some Kind of Monster), the film features Paulson, and his wife of 40 years, Wendy. it's a riveting portrait of leadership under unimaginable pressure - and a marriage under unfathomable circumstances.

Cuando una partida ilegal de póquer es saqueada, los bajos fondos se sacuden. Para investigar el caso sin levantar sospechas, los jefes de la mafia se pondrán en contacto con Jackie Cogan (Brad Pitt, 'Seven') para encontrar a los culpables y que paguen por su osadía. Pero la cosa comenzará a complicarse cada vez más, entre los miembros del clan indecisos a la hora de ejecutar las órdenes, los estafadores de medio pelo que se encuentran pululando alrededor, los asesinos que van unos detrás de los otros y aquellos que incitaron a realizar el golpe, la situación se encuentra en estado de ebullición, a punto de explotar por todos los frentes. En medio de todo esto, Jackie Cogan intentará mantener el control antes de que la situación termine salpicándole.

Fall Of The Republic documents how an offshore corporate cartel is bankrupting the US economy by design. Leaders are now declaring that world government has arrived and that the dollar will be replaced by a new global currency.

“I don’t think most people really understood that they were in a casino” says award-winning financial reporter Mark Pittman. “When you’re in the Street’s casino, you’ve got to play by their rules.” This film finally explains how and why over $12 trillion of our money vanished into the American Casino.