Saturday, September 24, 2011
CHASING MADOFF
Documentary
REVIEW
Although Bernie Madoff’s Ponzi scheme is at the heart of it, this is a film about one man’s 10-year struggle to be heard.
Harry Markopoulos, a portfolio manager in a Boston options-trading firm along with his colleague Frank Casey tried repeatedly to warn the authorities of Madoff’s malfeasance. They even approached the Wall Street Journal and other reputable news outlets with their story.
How these agencies handled the information provided them is to gain an insight into what prompts people in power to wilfully ignore the facts.
The main shortcoming of this documentary is not having an on-screen interview of any of these individuals and no mention that such an attempt was made.
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