"DEFAULT: the Student Loan Documentary" @ SF IndieFest 2012 (Free!)

Featured in this year's SF Independent Film Festival!

Come and join us at this FREE film and panel event with filmmaker Serge Bakalian and Kyle McCarthy of Occupy Student Debt (and DEFAULT). Serge and Kyle are both in the new article, "10 Leaders Who Are Fighting for Student Loan Reform" (http://www.onlinecollege.org/10-leaders-who-are-fighting-for-student-loan-reform). Our... [read more]

Featured in this year's SF Independent Film Festival!

Come and join us at this FREE film and panel event with filmmaker Serge Bakalian and Kyle McCarthy of Occupy Student Debt (and DEFAULT). Serge and Kyle are both in the new article, "10 Leaders Who Are Fighting for Student Loan Reform" (http://www.onlinecollege.org/10-leaders-who-are-fighting-for-student-loan-reform). Our third panelist will be Nat Lippert of Unite Here who has organized a coalition (CreditCatch22.com) demanding companies stop using credit checks for the hiring process. Today, 1 out of 5 are defaulting on their student loans (destroying their credit) and 60% of employers use credit checks for their hiring process.

In the aftermath of the mortgage bubble"s burst, one industry shows the same ominous symptoms of an imminent crisis: student loans borrowing. Filmmakers Serge Bakalian and Aurora Meneghello tackled the issue even before it made national news and started chronicling the stories of student borrowers and activists. Their film, Default, is not only a document to these people"s financial and emotional struggle, it is also a call for action directed toward future students and government officials. After garnering the interest of the national press and being featured on Forbes, the Nation, the Washington Post, Democracy Now and The Huffington Post among, the film's crew has teamed up with the Occupy protest and is planning a national tour to create awareness and urge more and more people to join the movement.


Festival's website:
http://tinyurl.com/default-sffest

Default: the Student Loan Documentary is currently screening over 146 stations across the country. To stay updated, join our Facebook page and add to our mailing list: http://defaultmovie.com/content/join-movement

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