by Deepak Gupta
If you haven't yet seen Maxed Out, the terrific new documentary about consumer credit and debt issues by director James Scurlock, now's your chance. Tonight, Maxed Out opens in select theaters in New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Dallas, Washington DC, Seattle, and Austin. A second batch of cities, including Chicago, Boston, and Minneapolis, gets added next week.
I've previously blogged about the movie here. As I've already discussed, the coalition Americans for Fairness in Lending is using the movie to help frame an exciting new public policy campaign; the group organized a special screening on Capitol Hill and a forum discussion accompanied by the movie in New York earlier this week. You can get lots of details, including theater locations, reviews, and information about the companion book, at the movie's website.
Press play to view the trailer:
UPDATE: Today's Washington Post ran a very favorable review of the movie by Ann Hornaday. She concludes that this "is a film all high school seniors should see. And their parents. And their siblings, neighbors, best friends and acquaintances. You should see it, too. And spread the word."
it's out on DVD...i orderd from www.imoovie.com, of course i saved by it on-line at imoovie, gotta save that money
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Posted by: Andy | Tuesday, June 19, 2007 at 07:48 PM
This movie looks very intriguing. I remember when I was in college, I received TONS of credit card offers, even though I was in college and had ZERO money. I guess in one way in that it's good to start to build a good credit rating. But for lots of kids, they think it's free money. From the looks of this movie trailer, it could be a big help for parents who force their young adult kids to watch it.
Posted by: Bob from Online Debt Collections Review | Saturday, May 03, 2008 at 07:30 PM