BANK JOB

The voices of English filmmakers/authors Hilary Powell and Daniel Edelstyn exude joy, good humor, and intensity. This is the story of how they gathered together a diverse group of artists and friends, symbolically took on the world's financial markets, and (this is true) bought a local bank just so they could write-off 1.5 million dollars in debt. Their leftwing political vocabulary and Northern Irish accents may sound a little alien to the average American listener, but the fast and furious discussions of the history, philosophy, emotions, and ethics of money are fascinating and illuminating. What if billionaires, banks, and the average guy all stood on a level financial playing field? The listener may never think about money in quite the same way again. B.P. © AudioFile 2020, Portland, Maine [Published: DECEMBER 2020]