Fail State

Name: Fail State
Genre: documentary
Released: 2018
Duration: 94 min
Rating: 7
Cast: Maxine Waters, Tom Harkin, Claiborne Pell, Ted Kennedy, Barack Obama

Fail State (2018) — documentary film. Directed by Alex Shebanow. Starring Maxine Waters, Tom Harkin, Claiborne Pell, Ted Kennedy.

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Examines the predatory economics of for-profit higher education and the political efforts to regulate it.

Documentary · 7/10 · 94 min · 2018

This in-depth documentary explores the dark side of American higher education, exposing predatory for-profit colleges and the tactics they use to defraud students and the government.

Credits

director

Alex Shebanow
screenplay

Nicholas Adams
actor

as Self

Maxine Waters
actor

as Self

Tom Harkin
actor

as Self (archive footage)

Claiborne Pell

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Related entry on Wikidata (Q104864536), public domain (CC0).