Stand by · pulling the latest frames
Stand by · pulling the latest frames


At the height of the AIDS crisis, many gay men sold their life insurance policies to investors for quick cash. This documentary charts the rise and fall of the hundred-million-dollar “gay-death-profiteering” industry that grew out of their desperation, and spotlights one of its earliest investors: the filmmaker’s father.
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An Investment Strategy That Profited from AIDS Deaths | “Cashing Out” (Oscar Shortlisted)
Editorial context, craft details, and films that share its DNA.
Zakarya Diouf
Zakarya Diouf
2009