Based on a true story. 2008 : Cleveland. Thousands of people loose their homes, most of them working-class people. Lawyer Josh Cohen and his associates are convinced that Wall Street is directly involved in the catastrophe. Cleveland vs Wall Street is a documentary about a lawsuit opposing the City of Cleveland to 21 banks based in Wall Street about a series of foreclosures (thousands) due to the subprime mortgage crisis.
Thing is it’s a fictional documentary. In the Imdb plot synopsis, it says: « A film about a trial that may never be held… »: no actors here…the characters play themselves : real lawyers, judge, jurors, witnesses. This is first of all a lesson about the drift of capitalism: the american dream has also its price and it's expensive. Then we could talk about other important details like the cons of the adversarial court system for instance, when the defendent’s lawyer use his skills to influence and to discredit the witness. The ending is not a surprise.
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