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  • Cleveland Versus Wall Street (2010)
  • 98 min | Documentary
Cleveland Versus Wall Street (2010)
98 min | Documentary

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 ...See moreOn 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. Written by Anonymous See less
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Aug 18, 2010 (France)

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23 cast members
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Robert Kole
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Frederick Kushen
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Raymond Velez
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Michael Osinski
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Keith Taylor
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Peter Wallison
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Tony Brancatelli
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Josh Cohen
Lawyer for the City of Cleveland Lawyer for the City of Cleveland   See fewer
Kathleen Engel
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Mark Stanton
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Keith Fisher
Lawyer for the Banks Lawyer for the Banks   See fewer
Jean-Stéphane Bron
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