FRIDAY, OCT 7, 8:30 PM
BETTING ON ZERO
DIR TED BRAUN.
// DC PREMIERE. 96 MIN. 2016
Can Wall Street be used as a force for morality? Ted Braun’s (DARFUR NOW)
riveting financial docu-thriller BETTING ON ZERO follows a to-the-death battle
driven by hedge fund manager Bill Ackman, who is on a crusade to bring down
Herbalife, the nutritional supplement company whose business model, he asserts,
is an illegal pyramid scheme. While Ackman accuses the company of targeting
working class Latino communities with a “business opportunity” that is nothing
more than a sham, Herbalife execs in turn accuse Ackman of attempting to
bankrupt them solely in order to make a killing off his billion dollar short position
against the company.
POST-SCREENING DISCUSSION TO FOLLOW WITH:
Moderator Ricardo Sandoval-Palos, journalist; Ted Braun, director; Bill Ackman, film
subject; Julie Contreres, activist/ subject.
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