Voxpot Cinema: The Big Short

Join us for the launch of a series of sum­mer film evenings that pair great films with dis­cus­sions on top­ics that still res­onate today. Our first screen­ing will be The Big Short, an acclaimed dra­ma inspired by true events sur­round­ing the 2008 finan­cial cri­sis. With wit, dark humor, and a star-stud­ded cast, it shows how one of the great­est eco­nom­ic dis­as­ters in mod­ern his­to­ry came about — and why we’re still feel­ing its con­se­quences today.

7:30 PM – Open­ing dis­cus­sion
Before the screen­ing, we’ll offer a short dis­cus­sion to place the film in a broad­er con­text. It will be mod­er­at­ed by Matěj Schnei­der, an edi­tor at Vox­pot and host of the pod­casts Red­neck, Red­neck & Beneš, and Prompt, as well as the Amer­i­can Idiot newslet­ter. Togeth­er we’ll look at what the sto­ry of the finan­cial cri­sis tells us about today’s econ­o­my, pol­i­tics, and the Unit­ed States. The film screen­ing will fol­low the discussion.

Are you a mem­ber of the Vox­pot Club? Admis­sion is free!
For Vox­pot Club mem­bers and their +1, we’ve pre­pared 50 free tick­ets. Reserve your spot here. Tick­et avail­abil­i­ty is lim­it­ed and reser­va­tions are first come, first served — who­ev­er reserves tick­ets first gets them. If you’re not yet a mem­ber of the Vox­pot Club, you can join here.