(U.S., 40 min., Directed by Matt Nadel) Expected in attendance: Matt Nadel, Scott Page and Dee Dee Chamblee At the height of the AIDS crisis, many gay men—unable to work and with few months to live—sold their life insurance policies to investors for quick cash. Cashing Out charts the rise and fall of the billion-dollar industry that grew out of their desperation and spotlights one of its earliest investors: the filmmaker's father. As a gay man, director Matt Nadel reckons with the "AIDS death profiteering" that is his inheritance, connecting with survivors who help him understand why this industry came to be.
Mark S. King hosts a conversation with Matt Nadel, director of CASHING OUT.
(U.S., 40 min., Directed by Matt Nadel) Expected in attendance: Matt Nadel, Scott Page and Dee Dee Chamblee At the height of the AIDS crisis, many gay men—unable to work and with few months to live—sold their life insurance policies to investors for quick cash. Cashing Out charts the rise and fall of the billion-dollar industry that grew out of their desperation and spotlights one of its earliest investors: the filmmaker's father. As a gay man, director Matt Nadel reckons with the "AIDS death profiteering" that is his inheritance, connecting with survivors who help him understand why this industry came to be.
Mark S. King hosts a conversation with Matt Nadel, director of CASHING OUT.