“Maxed Out” is a new documentary by James Scurlock, which has emotions soaring from both the consumers and the bankers. The documentary takes a topic of debt and puts it into a powerful insight for all to see and hear.  

As debt takes many forms, angles and degrees, it is a growing problem that faces people of all backgrounds. Scurlock’s documentary runs with the stories of all genres of people faced with debt in their lives, touching not on the cure for debt, but on the poison of debt and how it affects people’s lives with such command.

There are stories from people on the receiving end of debt, as well as stories from those who furnish the debt and troubles.  “Maxed Out” covers a wide array of subjects and aspects of debt, from national and personal debts to credit bureaus. The narrative focuses on debt from aspects of personal fault to the faulty financial institutions that prey on those who are young and/or naïve.  It does not, however, advise a cure for the ailments of debt, it just simply states what is wrong in our capitalist society and of those who have fallen behind.