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Fixing America (2011)

Fixing America poster
Genre
documentary film
Country
United States
Elsewhere
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How it feels

A filmmaker travels across the country and asks everyday Americans what went wrong with the economy in 2008. The people share their anger, their worries, and their own ideas for how to fix the nation's money problems.

thoughtfulconversationalearnestinquisitivegroundedcandidsoberinghopeful

What happens

Fixing America is a 2012 American documentary film written by Steve Laffey and produced with Stephen Skoly. It is a road-documentary in which Americans are asked about the 2008 financial crisis and the disconnect with the political elite. They relate their thoughts, their emotions and especially their solutions to fix America's financial problems. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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