There’s been a lot of to-do in the news lately about the economy–recession, financial crisis, yada yada yada. You know what? I heard all this back in May, 2007, from James Scurlock*, director of the documentary Maxed Out and author of the accompanying book.
Here he is, doing Q&A after a screening of the film at Google:
As with most non-Michael Moore documentaries, this one didn’t really get a wide release, but it is worth seeing, especially now that sub-prime mortgages have melted down and everyone on Wall Street says the sky is falling. As my friend Mark says: “Debt is a four-letter word.”
~CKL
* Not to be confused with Morgan Spurlock of Super Size Me fame.
