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Narrated by David Sirota, MELTDOWN explores how the financial crisis and the Obama administration’s response helped create the conditions for the rise of Donald Trump, and how Democrats risk repeating the same history today.
Produced by Academy Award-winning documentarian Alex Gibney, MELTDOWN features exclusive interviews with Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, Thomas Frank, Matt Taibbi, and Sirota's never-before-aired interview with Barack Obama.
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