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[narrator]
Remember Jamie Dimon from JPMorgan Chase? He's the CEO
who wants to save Detroit. Detroit was devastated
by the 2008 financial crisis. A third of its homes
were abandoned. Over the next five years, it spiraled towards
rock bottom. [news anchor]
When the 2008 financial crisis hammered North America, long suffering Detroit
was hit especially hard. Detroit is officially
the largest city in history to file for bankruptcy. [narrator] After bankruptcy,
Jamie Dimon and his bank stepped in
with vast amounts of capital. - Why Detroit?
- So, obviously it's good for the bank,
but... but it's part humanity, trying to help your city
and your people come back and recover
from what had been basically a terrible 20 years
Remember Jamie Dimon from JPMorgan Chase? He's the CEO
who wants to save Detroit. Detroit was devastated
by the 2008 financial crisis. A third of its homes
were abandoned. Over the next five years, it spiraled towards
rock bottom. [news anchor]
When the 2008 financial crisis hammered North America, long suffering Detroit
was hit especially hard. Detroit is officially
the largest city in history to file for bankruptcy. [narrator] After bankruptcy,
Jamie Dimon and his bank stepped in
with vast amounts of capital. - Why Detroit?
- So, obviously it's good for the bank,
but... but it's part humanity, trying to help your city
and your people come back and recover
from what had been basically a terrible 20 years
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[narrator]
Remember Jamie Dimon
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from JPMorgan Chase?
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He's the CEO
who wants to save Detroit.
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Detroit was devastated
by the 2008 financial crisis.
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A third of its homes
were abandoned.
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Over the next five years,
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it spiraled towards
rock bottom.
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[news anchor]
When the 2008 financial crisis
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hammered North America,
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long suffering Detroit
was hit especially hard.
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Detroit is officially
the largest city in history
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to file for bankruptcy.
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[narrator] After bankruptcy,
Jamie Dimon
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and his bank stepped in
with vast amounts of capital.
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- Why Detroit?
- So, obviously
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it's good for the bank,
but... but it's part humanity,
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trying to help your city
and your people
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come back and recover
from what had been
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basically a terrible 20 years.
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Movie Summary
Exposes how companies are desperately rebranding as socially responsible - and how that threatens democratic freedoms.