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ABOUT THE DIRECTORS
Producer/Director, is the President of PsychComp Associates and is both a psychiatrist and a filmmaker. He has served as director of Planning for the California Department of Health, and was the director of Mental Health, Alcohol, and Drug Abuse Services of Contra Costa County, CA. His first film, “Do No Harm,” exposed the controversial marketing and research practices of the pharmaceutical industry. His most recent film, “Ruthie and Connie: Every Room in the House,” won over 20 festival awards around the world, aired on HBO and television stations around the world.
Donald Goldmacher
Frances Causey
Director/Producer, is a documentary filmmaker, journalist, and former CNN Senior National Assignment Editor. During her 14 years at CNN, she covered major national and international stories before turning her attention to independent documentary filmmaking and social-issue storytelling. In addition to HEIST, her work has continued to explore American history, politics, economic inequality, and social justice. t
A STATEMENT FROM THE DIRECTORS
When we began working on HEIST in 2006, we thought we were investigating one story. We soon discovered a much bigger one.
Our initial research into the exploitation of undocumented workers along the Arizona border led us to questions about what was happening to workers throughout America. As we followed those questions, we began uncovering decades of economic and political decisions that had transformed the American economy and contributed to a widening divide between working people and the wealthiest Americans.
What began as an investigation became an effort to connect the dots.
As we interviewed economists, journalists, policy experts and others, the financial crisis of 2008 unfolded around us. The urgency of the story became impossible to ignore. We wanted to create a film that would make this complicated history understandable and show how decisions made over decades continue to affect people's lives.
HEIST was ultimately built on a simple idea: knowledge is power. By understanding how we got here, people are better equipped to participate in shaping what comes next.