White Collar Crime

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Meet Ms. Chris Frazer. Ms. Frazer has paid the mortgage on her home for 15 years. But when she lost her job, and couldn't find another one in a stagnant economy, she started to fall behind in her payments. Now, like millions of other struggling American's, Ms. Frazer is facing foreclosure and eviction. But her case isn't that clear cut. Because her mortgage and title has been bundled and sold, and re-sold, it's hard to determine who owns the mortgage, and if the foreclosure is even legal. That's when she reached out to Occupy Atlanta, who is now helping her stop this foreclosure from moving forward. This film gives Ms. Frazer a chance to tell her story in her own words, a story that is all to common across the U.S. It runs 29 minutes.

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 The first Tuesday of the month is historically the day in America when foreclosed or repossed homes and farms are auctioned off on the courthouse steps. Since many people now believe that a large number of these homes have been illegally foreclosed on, and that often families are still living in these homes, the decision was made by Occupy Wall Street to block and stop these auctions. This film shows the effort by Occupy Atlanta to do just that, prevent the sale of illegally foreclosed homes by any means necessary. One highlight is the call by Civil Rights leader Dr. Joseph Lowery for a nationwide, six to nine month, moratorium on all foreclosures so they can be re-negotiated at the current market value. The film ends with the quite, calm beginning of Occupy DeKalb Co. It runs 48 minutes.