Movie screening and panel discussion: “Plunder: The Crime of Our Time” with director Danny Schechter (Chicago, Downtown)

Woodstock Institute is hosting a screening of “Plunder: The Crime of Our Time,” followed by a panel discussion with top financial crisis experts, including “Plunder” director and journalist Danny Schechter and National Community Reinvestment Coalition president and CEO John Taylor.
 
“Plunder: The Crime of Our Time” argues that the financial crisis was built on a foundation of criminal activity in the housing market, not just poor underwriting or unsustainable mortgage products. It argues that the wrongdoing committed by a few individuals distracts from the real story, implicating the best-known institutions that financed and profited from fraudulent subprime lending. This connection is now being investigated by the FBI as part of a probe into what it calls a "fraud epidemic." “Plunder” calls for a full investigation and structural reforms of financial institutions to ensure accountability by the white-collar perpetrators who profited from the misery of their victims.
 
Panelists
 
Danny Schechter is a journalist, author, television producer and an independent filmmaker who also writes and speaks about economic and media issues. He is the executive editor of MediaChannel.org, the world's largest online media issues online network, and recipient of many awards including the Society of Professional Journalists' 2001 Award for Excellence in Documentary Journalism.
 
John Taylor is President and CEO of the National Community Reinvestment Coalition. Raised in the housing projects of Boston and trained as an attorney, he has dedicated his life to economic justice.  With over 25 years in the field, he has been the recipient of numerous local, state and national awards, including the Martin Luther King, Jr. Peace Award, two United States Congressional Citation Awards, the State of Massachusetts Award for Excellence in Community Economic Development, and a Presidential Appointment to the Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFI) Fund.
 
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