- Awards: Silver Chris Award for Social issue Doc @ Columbus International Film + Video Festival
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Heist: Who Stole the American Dream? exposes the roots of the American economic crisis and the destruction of the American dream. With clear, fact-driven storytelling, Heist unflinchingly reveals the hollowing out of the U.S. economy - the result of four decades of deregulation, massive job outsourcing, and tax policies favoring mega-corporations and wealthy elites.
Beginning with background on the New Deal, the film explores how FDR’s progressive policies were derailed by Ronald Reagan and subsequent presidential administrations, benefiting only the wealthiest investors and CEOs.Through expert testimony, investigative filmmaking and key archival footage, Heist unfolds critical historical background, beginning with the dismantling of FDR's New Deal, uncovering the ideological influence of the infamous Powell Memo and the Heritage Foundation's Mandate for Leadership on government reform, and traces both Republican and Democratic allegiance to big business.
Heist-Who Stole The American Dream
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credits
- director(s): Donald Goldmacher
- screenwriter(s): Hollis Rich
- cinematographer(s): Rogelio Garcia
- editor(s): Rogelio Garcia, Maureen Gosling
- music: David Raiklen
- executive producer(s): Sally Holst, Earl Katz
- producer(s): Frances Causey, Donald Goldmacher, Dominik Spritzendorfer
- production company: Connecting The Dots Productions, LLC
technical data
- film format: HD
- audio format: Stereo
- production year: 2012
- runtime: 58', 75'
- countries: UNITED STATES
- genres: politics, current affairs
- languages: English
reviews
" ... "Heist" is well timed as a one-stop summary of reasons for ordinary Americans to be furious at our financial systems ... Fast-paced package is always cogent, engaging and pro." Variety
" ... has the virtue of taking the long view of a crisis that recent films like "Inside Job" and "Too Big Too Fail" have only sketchily explored." NY Times
Festivals
- Cleveland international Film Festival
- Mill Valley Film Festival
- Santa Barbara International Film Festival
- Santa Cruz International Film Festival
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