Capitalism: A Love Story (2009) on Netflix
R20092h 7mDocumentary
Capitalism as practiced in the United States, and what it costs ordinary Americans, is the subject. Wall Street's casino mentality, for-profit prisons and the wave of foreclosures are examined.
- Netflix3.6/5
- IMDb7.4/1044,367 votes
- Rotten Tomatoes74%
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Plot summary
The economic order of the United States stands as the subject, together with the financial crisis of 2008 and the recovery stimulus that followed. The influence Goldman Sachs holds in Washington, for-profit prisons, the wages many workers live on, the wave of home foreclosures and corporate life insurance written on employees are among the matters raised. Priests and a retired bishop are asked whether capitalism amounts to sin, and whether Jesus would have been a capitalist.
Cast
- Peter Zalewskias Self
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- William Blackas Himself
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Capitalism: A Love Story (2009)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- While researching the film, Michael Moore found in South Carolina in 2008 the newsreel footage of Franklin D. Roosevelt's Second Bill of Rights, filmed at Roosevelt's own request in January 1944 and believed lost ever since.
