Frontline: Breaking the Bank (2009)

Synopsis of Frontline: Breaking the Bank

The collapse of Lehman Brothers in September 2008 triggered fears that a Depression-like economic free fall was fast developing. To head it off, then-Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson helped arrange the Bank of America-Merrill Lynch merger and, a month later, pressured the nation's largest banks to take $125 billion of taxpayers' money. Featuring interviews with Bank of America CEO Kenneth Lewis and former Merrill Lynch CEO John Thain, Frontline: Breaking the Bank examines those goings-on through the prism of Bank of American and also explores the consequences of the infusion of public capital into the private sphere. ~ Jeff Gemmill, Rovi

Theatrical Feature Running Time:

60 mins

Director(s):

Michael Kirk

Writer(s):

Michael Kirk

Producer(s):

Mike Wiser, Jim Gilmore, Michael Kirk

Categories:

Documentary, Special Interest

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