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Cashing Out

Matt Nadel · USA · Documentary · 39 min · 34K views

Directed by Matt Nadel · Starring Scott Page, Dee Dee Chamblee, Sean O. Strub, Phil Donahue · 2024

A documentary about the industry that bought the life-insurance policies of HIV-positive gay men, and the uneasy questions about profit and survival it raised.

A little-known corner of the AIDS crisis where compassion, desperation and profit got tangled together.

Matt Nadel’s documentary short explores the moral complexities of buying the life-insurance policies of HIV-positive gay men.

Plays in YouTube's player · Watch on YouTube

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