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CASHING OUT
Watch the full film on @newyorkermag , link in bio.
A film by Matt Nadel. From Executive Producers Matt Bomer, Julie Cohen, and Angeria Paris VanMicheals.
🎬 “A vital and outstanding film.” - Hilton Als, The New Yorker
🎬 “Riveting, must-see.” - Cameron Scheetz, Queerty
At the height of the AIDS crisis, thousands of queer people sold their life-insurance policies for quick cash after being abandoned by their families and public institutions. CASHING OUT explores this billion-dollar “AIDS profiteering” industry, and one filmmaker’s unexpected connection to it.
Director: @mattnadel
Producers: @brony.soprano & Matt Nadel
EPs: @filmmakerjulie@mattbomer@angeriavm Brad Feld + Amy Batchelor
EP for The New Yorker: @paulmoakley
Editor: @whmayo
DP: @brennangoldstein
Original Music: @tomfoskettbarnes
1st ACs: @kharimccloud@chloetramos
Production Audio Mixers: Eduardo Castro, @simonfilm_nyc + Jason Prince
Color: Stephen Derluguian
Graphics Artist: @savltay
Motion Graphics: @thatnugget
Post-Production Sound Design: Bobb Barito
Additional Sound Design: Pedi Hashemian
Post-Production Assistant: Jaime Levin
#fyc #aidshistory #lgbt
“At a time when many Americans face the prospect of skyrocketing premiums for health insurance… Nadel perceives lessons in the experiences of those who took action in the emergency of the AIDS crisis.” Thank you Matt Carey and DEADLINE for the kind write up about our film!
Still can’t believe we got this amazing shoutout in Variety. Full article (featuring all the other extraordinary shorts) in our bio. #fyc #bestdocumentary #lgbtdocumentary #aids #hiv
Lab program manager Matt Nadel is a finalist for the Livingston Award from @umwallacehouse ! The award honors the best reporting and storytelling by journalists under 35 across all forms of journalism.
Matt’s documentary short “Cashing Out,” published by The New Yorker, illuminates an investment strategy that profited from AIDS deaths. The film earned Matt a nomination for Excellence in National Reporting.
“Cashing Out” has been nominated for a National Magazine Award! 🌟 The documentary short, directed by Lab program manager Matt Nadel and published by The New Yorker, explores a complicated industry that emerged in the early days of the AIDS crisis, in which thousands of queer people — abandoned by their families, ignored by institutions — turned to one of the few options they had left to preserve their dignity: selling their life insurance policies to investors for quick cash.
OUT NOW - the new episode of The BOYS! BOYS! BOYS! Podcast: Inside the Oscars Race with Two Nominated Queer Filmmakers - including Matt Nadel, the documentary filmmaker behind Cashing Out, an Oscar shortlisted short documentary produced by The New Yorker. The film uncovers a little known and unsettling chapter of queer history during the AIDS crisis, when investors began buying life insurance policies from dying gay men, turning tragedy into a financial market. It is a powerful and complex story about capitalism, mortality and a moment in LGBTQ history that is often overlooked.
🎧 Listen now wherever you get your podcasts 🎧 Apple, Spotify, Amazon, iHeart 🎧 link in bio 🎧 & please leave a review as it helps us reach a larger audience.
@mattnadel@cashingoutdoc
#oscars #mattnadel #cashingoutfilm #queerfilm
NEW EPISODE of The BOYS! BOYS! BOYS! Podcast: Inside the Oscars Race with Two Nominated Queer Filmmakers - including Matt Nadel, the documentary filmmaker behind Cashing Out, an Oscar shortlisted short documentary produced by The New Yorker. The film uncovers a little known and unsettling chapter of queer history during the AIDS crisis, when investors began buying life insurance policies from dying gay men, turning tragedy into a financial market. It is a powerful and complex story about capitalism, mortality and a moment in LGBTQ history that is often overlooked.
🎧 Listen now wherever you get your podcasts 🎧 Apple, Spotify, Amazon, iHeart 🎧 link in bio 🎧 & please leave a review as it helps us reach more people.
@mattnadel@cashingoutdoc@mrgraemesmith
#oscars #mattnadel #cashingoutfilm #queerfilm
Angeria Paris VanMicheals isn’t just a 'Drag Race All Stars' queen — she’s now an Oscar-shortlisted executive producer, alongside Matt Bomer. 🎬
'Cashing Out', the documentary produced by The New Yorker, unpacks a little-known and uncomfortable chapter of the AIDS crisis, when investors bought the life insurance policies of sick queer people who sold them in exchange for cash they could use during their illness.
“I had heard plenty of stories… but this specific story is what made my ears kind of perk up,” Angie told Out. “You hear a lot of stories from the epidemic, but I don’t think this is one you hear often.”
Learn more about the film and read our full interview with @angeriavm at the link in bio.
📸: Deonté Lee/BFA.com; The New Yorker/Nine Patch Pictures
🖊️: @bernardosim
On the Oscar shortlist for Best Documentary Short: director Matt Nadel on uncovering unexpected history and far too much relevance to the state of the world today in CASHING OUT.
Watch the full conversation on the Awards Buzz YouTube channel and the film on the @newyorkermag YouTube channel!
@mattnadel #mattnadel @cashingoutdoc #cashingout #BestDocumentaryShort #oscarshortlist @awardsbuzz
Filmmaker Bill Weber (WE WERE HERE) sat down with director Matt Nadel to talk about centering the dignity of people when dealing with complex, controversial subject matter. Hear some of their convo here.
