Meltdown is an excellent documentary that has been produced by the Al Jazeera news network. It is presented in four parts starting with "The men who crashed the world, A global financial tsunami, Paying the price, and ending with After the fall". The documentary is constructed in chronological order and it takes full advantage of being able to view the crisis through hindsight painting a stark uncomplicated picture that many times contradicts corporate media's spin on the events and our own congressional leader’s explanations. This is a good opportunity for anyone who would like to learn more about the financial crisis and why it is so important to receive this information in a familiar format that is very thorough and very ... More »

My main kick about this is that it is a CBC (Canadian) documentary originally broadcast at the end of 2010. It is good material for Al-Jazeera to broadcast, but it should not be reviewed or treated as if it is an Al-Jazeera original. That should neither persuade nor dissuade people from viewing it, though. It tells the story pretty well and moves around the world a good deal to give details about specific events. Most people likely to view it probably will learn some things but will not have any ground-shaking experiences of illumination. That said, the events it describes provide an interesting framing for the Occupy Wall Street movement in the US now, and that is probably why it's getting attention now that it didn't get last ... More »