Cleveland Versus Wall Street (2010)
• May 16th, 2010 • 1h 34min
Documentary, Crime, Drama
Overview
On 11th January 2008, hired by the City of Cleveland, lawyer Josh Cohen and his team filed a lawsuit against 21 banks, which they held accountable for the wave of foreclosures that had left their city in ruins. Since then, the bankers on Wall Street have been fighting by with all available means to avoid going to court. This film is the story of that trial. A film about a trial that may never be held but in which the facts, the participants and their testimonies are all real: the judge, lawyers, witnesses, even the members of the jury - asked to give their verdict - play their own roles. Step by step, one witness after another, the film takes apart, from a plain, human perspective, the mechanisms of subprime mortgage loans, a system that sent the world economy reeling. A trial for the sake of example, a universal fable about capitalism
Make sure to check your pop-up blocker!!
Trailer
Similar Movies
The Grapes of Wrath
Released on: 1940-03-15
Drama
Tom Joad returns to his home after a jail sentence to find his family kicked out of their farm due t...
The Passion of Joan of Arc
Released on: 1928-04-21
Drama, History
A classic of the silent age, this film tells the story of the doomed but ultimately canonized 15th-c...
Judgment at Nuremberg
Released on: 1961-12-18
Drama, History
In 1947, four German judges who served on the bench during the Nazi regime face a military tribunal ...
American Psycho
Released on: 2000-04-13
Thriller, Drama, Crime
A wealthy New York investment banking executive hides his alternate psychopathic ego from his co-wor...
Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story
Released on: 1987-07-15
Drama, Music, Animation
The final 17 years of American singer and musician Karen Carpenter, performed almost entirely by mod...
Facebookistan
Released on: 2016-06-01
Documentary
"Like" it or not, Facebook wants you to share everything, but how much information are they willing ...
Sous le bio, la malbouffe
Released on: 2021-11-16
Documentary, TV Movie
Sales of organic products have increased tenfold in 20 years. In 2020, the market will have exceeded...
JFK: Seven Days That Made a President
Released on: 2013-11-11
Documentary, History
'JFK: Seven Days That Made a President' investigates the seven key days in JFK's life that helped sh...
The Conquerors
Released on: 1932-11-18
Western, Drama, History
A newlywed couple journeys west to make their fortune, and begins a banking empire.
Gay Mean Girls: Reloaded
Released on: 2023-01-18
Comedy, Drama
When student journalist Savannah Lin becomes embroiled in the complicated dynamics of a social justi...
North Country
Released on: 2005-02-12
Drama
A fictionalized account of the first major successful sexual harassment case in the United States --...
The Juror
Released on: 1996-02-02
Thriller, Crime, Drama
With his gangster boss on trial for murder, a mob thug known as "the Teacher" tells Annie Laird she ...
Amanda Knox
Released on: 2016-09-10
Documentary, Crime
This gripping, atmospheric documentary recounts the infamous trial, conviction and eventual acquitta...
I Am Not Your Negro
Released on: 2017-02-03
Documentary
Working from the text of James Baldwin’s unfinished final novel, director Raoul Peck creates a medit...
Soviet Submarine
Released on: 2021-08-13
Documentary, Comedy
On March 26th, 2020, seven boys locked themselves in a house for 48 hours, with only potatoes, bread...
Murder by Invitation
Released on: 1941-06-30
Comedy, Crime, Mystery
The relatives of a rich old woman unsuccessfully try to have her declared insane, so they can divide...
Red Rooms
Released on: 2023-08-11
Crime, Thriller, Mystery
The high-profile case of serial killer Ludovic Chevalier has just gone to trial, and Kelly-Anne is o...