Default: the Student Loan Documentary

We’re currently editing a short version of the documentary, which we hope to complete by the end of March.  Stay tuned for the latest update.

Here’s a short clip from our shoot in NY. No post, it’s straight from the camera, we couldn’t wait to give you a chance to preview what we have been working on.

In this clip, Tamara Draut speaks about the consequences of rising student debt on both a personal and national level.

Tamara Draut is the Vice President of Policy and Programs at Demos and Author of Strapped: Why America’s 20- and 30-Somethings Can’t Get Ahead.

Tamara Draut Clip from Default: the Student Loan Documentary from Default on Vimeo.

For a great cause!

Happy Hour Get Together
Wednesday, October 21, 5pm – 9pm
El Rio
3158 Mission St (@ Cesar Chavez), San Francisco

ONLY $5 cover charge

Well and Pints for $3; Bloody Mary Pints $5; You STELLA and GUINNESS
fans should bring it on cause we are not messing around …

Come by and mix it up with creatives and professionals, and hang out
with your favorite documentary crew.  Hear all about our trip to New
York, our plans for the future, or just connect with old friends and
take full advantage of the $3 pints!

Happy Hour at the El Rio, doesn’t get any better than that.  All
proceeds from the door go to the film.

El Rio’s website, for parking and directions

27 September – 5 October

From one coast to the other, we’ve arrived in New York City and preparing for an exhilarating week of meetings and interviews. Experts, legislators and borrowers, we’ve got it covered.  Make sure you are our Fans on Facebook and Twitter, we’ll be updating our status and giving you an opportunity to tell us what questions to ask.

For our friends and fans in New York make sure to check our status as we’ll announce a get together for everyone to come by and say hi.

Join us Friday, August 7 for some much-needed laughter while supporting our film.  The crew of Default has teamed up with the award-winning Big City
Improv for a night of ad-libbing artistry.  Proceeds will help fund our
summer production schedule.

August 7, 10pm
Shelton Theater
533 Sutter Street
(b/w Powell and Mason, steps from Union Square)

Tickets are only $20!

Reserve your seats today

Big City Improv shows are fast-paced, un-scripted and created on the spot
using audience suggestions and participation. Big City, voted “Best of the
Bay” by the SF Bay Guardian, has a rotating cast and an arsenal of games,
ensuring that every show is fresh, unique, and unpredictable.

We are competing to win $10,000 on Ideablob and we’ve made it to the final showdown.  This will directly go to fund our summer production schedule.

Vote Now!

It will take just a minute to register and voting is free.  Click on the image below and make sure to forward to your friends and colleagues.

Thank you!

The San Francisco Film Commission and the San Francisco Film Society have just awarded us the prestigious residency at the Film House, located at Pier 27 on the Embarcadero. The Residency provides a select-number of independent  filmmakers free office space and a supportive environment to advance their projects.

Do you have an extra computer you would like to donate? or a copier or a printer? You can help us with your donated items as we setup our office space this coming week. Don’t have an item to donate? Not a San Francisco Bay Area resident? You can still help by making a tax-deductible contribution today.

More news to come in the coming weeks as we get ready for a productive summer.

We were thrilled to have Democracy Now! show two minutes of our trailer on March 12th. The segment included the Reverend Jesse Jackson of the Rainbow/PUSH Coalition and Alan Collinge of StudentLoanJustice.org.

Democracy Now! is a national, daily, independent, award-winning news program hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez. Pioneering the largest public media collaboration in the U.S., it broadcasts on Pacifica, NPR, community, and college radio stations; on public access and satellite television; and streams on the internet. Their podcast is one of the most popular on the web.

Tell all your friends about Default: the Student Loan Documentary.

Become a Fan on Facebook and join the Cause.

Make a tax-deductible contribution through our fiscal sponsor, the San Francisco Film Society.

Have other ideas?  Then email us.

We are happy to announce that the United States Student Association has invited “Default” to be shown at their upcoming Legislative Conference and National Student Lobby Day, held March 21-24, in Washington DC.  Furthermore, they have agreed to join our Advisory Board.  The USSA is the oldest and largest student association in the country, committed to diversity and breaking the barriers to educational access imposed by inequality and discrimination. Details to follow.