October is big month for television -- the broadcast networks continue to roll our their new fall shows and familiar returning ones while cable channels like HBO and Showtime are in full swing with series like "Boardwalk Empire," "Treme," "Dexter" and "Homeland." In terms of sports, we're almost in Mlb postseason, the NBA season starts on the 30th and we're a month in for the NFL. And when it comes to documentaries, this October offers an embarrassment of riches, with Espn relaunching its "30 for 30" series, PBS hosting its third year of its "Voces" program showcases Latino artists, athletes and performers and more on other networks. Here's our guide to the docs making their TV premieres this month. "Heist: Who Stole the American Dream?" Tuesday, October 2 at 7pm Et/4pm Pt on Link TV Frances Causey and Donald Goldmacher's film explores the roots of our current economic crisis, starting...
- 10/2/2012
- by Alison Willmore
- Indiewire
Title: Heist: Who Stole the American Dream? Directors: Frances Causey and Donald Goldmacher An unflinching, diamond-sharp salvo about the roots of the American economic crisis and its impact on particularly the middle class, “Heist: Who Stole the American Dream?” offers up a fusillade of facts that convincingly paint the United States as an oligarchy with fairly corruptible political leadership. Co-directors Frances Causey and Donald Goldmacher largely eschew traditional partisan truncheons and dig past more familiar villains and boogeymen to shine a light on the damaging impact of three-plus decades of rampant deregulation, job outsourcing and tax policies aimed almost solely at further empowering large business owners and the individually wealthy. The finished [ Read More ]...
- 8/22/2012
- by bsimon
- ShockYa
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