Plunder: The Crime of Our Time

January. 01,2009      
Rating:
6
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Plunder: The Crime of Our Time is a hard-hitting investigative film by Danny Schechter. 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.

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Reviews

Dotsthavesp
2009/01/01

I wanted to but couldn't!

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Stevecorp
2009/01/02

Don't listen to the negative reviews

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Bea Swanson
2009/01/03

This film is so real. It treats its characters with so much care and sensitivity.

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Tymon Sutton
2009/01/04

The acting is good, and the firecracker script has some excellent ideas.

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