Maxed Out

Maxed Out
This article is about the documentary film. For the actual concept, see Credit limit#Maxed out.
Maxed Out

Promotional film poster
Directed by James Scurlock
Produced by James Scurlock
Written by James Scurlock
Starring Mark Mumma
Ronald Reagan
Elizabeth Warren
Chris Barrett
Louis C.K.
Cinematography Jon Aaseng
Editing by Alexis Spraic
Distributed by Magnolia Home Entertainment
Netflix
Red Envelope Entertainment
Truly Indie
Release date(s) March 10, 2006
Running time 87 minutes
Country USA
Language English

Maxed Out: Hard Times, Easy Credit and the Era of Predatory Lenders (2006) is an independent feature-length documentary film and (2007) book that chronicles abusive practices in the credit card industry.

Written and directed by James Scurlock, the film and book use interviews with creditors, debtors, academics, and others to illustrate its story.[1] The film, premiered at the South by Southwest Film Festival in Austin, Texas, USA, in 2006 where it claimed the Special Jury Prize, went on to several film fests including Seattle, Full Frame Documentary, Maui, New Zealand, Milwaukee International, Woodstock, Bergen, Leeds International, Oxford and IDFA (Amsterdam) film festivals. It was released in movie theaters in select cities in the United States in March 2007 through Magnolia Pictures.

The DVD was released nationally on June 7, 2007, in the joint effort of Magnolia Pictures and Red Envelope Entertainment (a division of Netflix). The book Maxed Out is published by Scribner, a division of Simon and Schuster. It was published in March 2007 in hardcover and in December 2007 in paperback.

Scurlock's purpose for the film and book was to raise awareness of how credit and lending issues are affecting society.[1] The main premises of the documentary and book are that banks and other creditors deliberately market to people who are more likely to have problems paying predatory lending and that the creditors benefit from connections to government, the debt collection industry, and from lawmaker apathy.[2]

The non-profit organization Americans for Fairness in Lending (AFFIL) has organized screenings of Maxed Out around the country as part of its work. AFFIL sustains a formal collaboration with the film.[clarification needed]

References

  1. ^ a b Singletary, Michelle (2007-03-12). "Maxed out on debt? Help's on way, in a film and a book". The Washington Post. 
  2. ^ Hornaday, Ann (2007-03-11). "Give "Maxed Out" credit". The Washington Post. 

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