OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

Screening of "Confidence Game" followed by a discussion with Dan Bergstresser (IBS), featured in the film and Nick Verbitsky, film director. Film description: Though the collapse of Bear Stearns took place during one tumultuous week in March of 2008, the reality is that the seeds for the firm's collapse, and America's 21st century financial crisis had been many years in the making. "Confidence Game" features interviews with whistleblowers who had a street-level knowledge of the madness taking place in Bear's subprime mortgage operation, as well as eminent investigative financial journalists like Vanity Fair's Bryan Burrough and The New York Times' Andrew Ross Sorkin. "Confidence Game" offers an inside look at the first of Wall Street's dominoes to fall.

Review of the film: http://blog.ctnews.com/meyers/2011/08/20/coming-riveting-wall-street-expose-%E2%80%98confidence-game%E2%80%99/

More information about the film can be found on its Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Confidence-Game-The-Film/254066891288401

Contact: Meredith Robitaille, Economics Department