5-part docuseries - each episode is approximately 1 hour long. 50% of proceeds goes to support Utah Film Center.
From writer/director Eric Vaughan, producer Patrick Lovell and executive producer Adam Bronfman, The Con is an in-depth 5-part docuseries investigation into the 2008 financial crisis nine years in the making, Who did it, why it happened and how our country went from “of, for and by the people,” to “of, for and by the corporation.” And what’s past is prologue: The heist of our democracy that includes fraudulent practices, massive credit card debt, student loans, auto loans, and the revolving door between finance and government, is still going on, and will become even worse than before.
Amongst the many heartbreaks and horrors of the COVID-19 pandemic, the cracks that it exposed in the fragile financial tapestry of the world’s biggest economy are more evidence that THE CON is still on.
THE CON - Episode 1: “Who Killed Addie Polk?”
A dozen years after the global economy was brought to the brink of disaster and countless American lives were destroyed, the human toll of the 2008 financial meltdown still echoes. To discover how and why it happened, Patrick Lovell goes to ground zero of the crises: Small town America. Specifically, Akron, Ohio, where Vaughan himself lives. There, Vaughan discovered the story of Addie Polk, a 91-year-old Akron widow victimized by predatory lending practices. As her home was about to be taken from her, Addie shot herself rather than face foreclosure and eviction.
- Year2020
- Runtime62 minutes
- LanguageEnglish
- CountryUnited States
- DirectorEric S. Vaughan
- ProducerPatrick Lovell
- Executive ProducerAdam Bronfman
5-part docuseries - each episode is approximately 1 hour long. 50% of proceeds goes to support Utah Film Center.
From writer/director Eric Vaughan, producer Patrick Lovell and executive producer Adam Bronfman, The Con is an in-depth 5-part docuseries investigation into the 2008 financial crisis nine years in the making, Who did it, why it happened and how our country went from “of, for and by the people,” to “of, for and by the corporation.” And what’s past is prologue: The heist of our democracy that includes fraudulent practices, massive credit card debt, student loans, auto loans, and the revolving door between finance and government, is still going on, and will become even worse than before.
Amongst the many heartbreaks and horrors of the COVID-19 pandemic, the cracks that it exposed in the fragile financial tapestry of the world’s biggest economy are more evidence that THE CON is still on.
THE CON - Episode 1: “Who Killed Addie Polk?”
A dozen years after the global economy was brought to the brink of disaster and countless American lives were destroyed, the human toll of the 2008 financial meltdown still echoes. To discover how and why it happened, Patrick Lovell goes to ground zero of the crises: Small town America. Specifically, Akron, Ohio, where Vaughan himself lives. There, Vaughan discovered the story of Addie Polk, a 91-year-old Akron widow victimized by predatory lending practices. As her home was about to be taken from her, Addie shot herself rather than face foreclosure and eviction.
- Year2020
- Runtime62 minutes
- LanguageEnglish
- CountryUnited States
- DirectorEric S. Vaughan
- ProducerPatrick Lovell
- Executive ProducerAdam Bronfman