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 4: “When No One’s Enforcing the Law…”
Episode 4 steps back to show how, in 1932, Ferdinand Pecora held Senate Banking Committee hearings as America was sinking deeper into the Great Depression. Several thousand banks failed, and an unemployment level of 25 percent in the U.S. led to an astounding level of suffering. Pecora’s hearings strove to find out how and why it occurred.
The Con shows how the urgency to create change in 2020 should be rooted in the past. “We as a country can do this,” says Vaughan. “The excuses about not being able to do it aren’t true.”
- Year2020
- Runtime73 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 4: “When No One’s Enforcing the Law…”
Episode 4 steps back to show how, in 1932, Ferdinand Pecora held Senate Banking Committee hearings as America was sinking deeper into the Great Depression. Several thousand banks failed, and an unemployment level of 25 percent in the U.S. led to an astounding level of suffering. Pecora’s hearings strove to find out how and why it occurred.
The Con shows how the urgency to create change in 2020 should be rooted in the past. “We as a country can do this,” says Vaughan. “The excuses about not being able to do it aren’t true.”
- Year2020
- Runtime73 minutes
- LanguageEnglish
- CountryUnited States
- DirectorEric S. Vaughan
- ProducerPatrick Lovell
- Executive ProducerAdam Bronfman