Cleveland Versus Wall Street
2010•12•1h 34m•7.4•Released
DocumentaryCrimeDrama
On 11th January 2008, hired by the City of Cleveland, lawyer Josh Cohen and his team filed a lawsuit against 21 banks, which they held accountable for the wave of foreclosures that had left their city in ruins. Since then, the bankers on Wall Street have been fighting by with all available means to avoid going to court. This film is the story of that trial. A film about a trial that may never be held but in which the facts, the participants and their testimonies are all real: the judge, lawyers, witnesses, even the members of the jury - asked to give their verdict - play their own roles. Step by step, one witness after another, the film takes apart, from a plain, human perspective, the mechanisms of subprime mortgage loans, a system that sent the world economy reeling. A trial for the sake of example, a universal fable about capitalism
Director
Jean-Stéphane Bron
Writer
Jean-Stéphane Bron
Languages
English
Studio
Les Films Pelléas
Cast
Barbara Anderson
Elle-même
Keith Taylor
Lui-même
Michael Osinski
Lui-même
Tony Brancatelli
Lui-même
Frederick Kushen
Lui-même
Kurtis Kushen
Lui-même
Raymond Velez
Lui-même
Production
Company
Les Films Pelléas
Company
ARTE France Cinéma
Company
SAGA Production
Producer
Robert Boner
Producer
Philippe Martin
Recommended
7.7
Inside Job
2010
7
Stolen: Heist of the Century
2025
7.2
Life in a Day
2011
6.1
Framing John DeLorean
2019
8.4
O.J.: Made in America
2016
7.2
Long Shot
2017
6.8
The 11th Hour
2007
8.6
Square One
2019
6.9
All That Breathes
2022
6.8
Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal
2021
7.2
The Volcano: Rescue from Whakaari
2022
7
Poisoned: The Dirty Truth About Your Food
2023
7.5
The Social Dilemma
2020
6.6
Risk
2017
7
The Tinder Swindler
2022
7
Soaked in Bleach
2015
6.3
Lead Me Home
2021
7.1
Capturing the Friedmans
2003
7.5
The Truth and Tragedy of Moriah Wilson
2026
7.5
Bowling for Columbine
2002
Similar Movies
Everything I Was Told About Love
0
6.4
Syriana
2005
6.4
Planet of the Humans
2019
5.8
Wer 4 Sind
2019
8
The Assassination of JFK
1992
8
Une vie avec Oradour
2011
California Light
2023
10
... enquanto houver vida, estarei aqui
2022
8
The Wages of Fear
1953
Calthoum
2022
7
Wish You Were Here
2023
6
RUIN: Money, Ego and Deception at FTX
2023
8
BDW Politiek Beest
2024
10
Ahab Was Here: Reflections on Moby Dick
2025
7.4
American Psycho
2000
8
The Lucy Mission: Origins of the Solar System
2022
5.3
The Conqueror: Hollywood Fallout
2024
Unto Midnight
2023
7.7
1914, et soudain la guerre !
2024
7
Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story
1987