Aurora Meneghello and Serge Bakalian

As college degrees have become more essential to gaining employment in the United States, college enrollments have increased. So, too, has student borrowing. The following film trailer for Default: The Student Loan Movie (2011) takes a critical look at the student loan industry and follows several borrowers as they attempt to change a system they claim has saddled them with crippling debt. The film was produced by Serge Bakalian, a San Francisco-based activist, and directed by Aurora Meneghello, a photographer and environmentalist. You can watch the entire twenty-seven-minute film on the film’s Web site at http://www.defaultmovie.com/.

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