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Subprime goes to college

Fail State

7.0 / 10 7.0 2018 1h 34m

Documentary

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.

Directed by Alex Shebanow

VISUAL NOTES

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CAST

The people behind the story

Maxine Waters

Maxine WatersSelf

Tom Harkin

Tom HarkinSelf

Claiborne Pell

Claiborne PellSelf (archive footage)

Ted Kennedy

Ted KennedySelf (archive footage)

Barack Obama

Barack ObamaSelf (archive footage)

Elizabeth Warren

Elizabeth WarrenSelf (archive footage)

Lyndon B. Johnson

Lyndon B. JohnsonSelf (archive footage)

Alcee L. Hastings

Alcee L. HastingsSelf (archive footage)