Monday, July 22, 2019

55 documentaries and one drama: A list of films about tax #taxflix

A discussion about tax documentaries unfolded on twitter over the past few days, dubbed #taxflix, HT @alvinmosioma.

I threaded a list that I had been keeping for some time, and the twitter discussion resulted in some key additions so I decided to upload the contents of my spreadsheet to this public google sheet where anyone can view or add to the list, but for those who simply want the current list (arranged by year), it is below.

The ones available on youtube are also available via this playlist.
  1. The New Spirit, 1942, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=00u6qUelp6c
  2. Spirit of ‘43, 1943, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQsOOfU59SM
  3. The Sloane Affair, 1972,https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hamUiNR3Cl0
  4. The Polite Conspiracy, 1984,https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b759c3b7d
  5. A Taxing Woman, 1987, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YE8n9ybN5Yk
  6. Death and Taxes, 1993, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EHStX0iyyMk
  7. An Act of Conscience, 1997,http://www.turningtide.com/aoc.htm
  8. Life and Debt, 2001, http://www.lifeanddebt.org
  9. Tax Revolts, 2001, URL unknown
  10. NOW with Bill Moyers: A Question of Fairness, 2003, URL unknown
  11. Sealand: The Mystery Solved, 2003, Part 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OhrzXYmxFdw and Part 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cktpmy-iiJQ
  12. Tax Me if You Can (US version), 2004, http://vimeo.com/15101824
  13. Global Capital Market: Risks and Rewards, 2007, http://proxy.library.mcgill.ca/login?url=http://digital.films.com/PortalPlaylists.aspx?aid=13209&xtid=34993&loid=37126
  14. Inside the IRS, 2007, URL unknown
  15. I.O.U.S.A, 2008, http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=270867650600562607#
  16. Tax Me if You Can (Australia Version), 2008, http://www.abc.net.au/4corners/content/2008/20081006_tax/interviews.htm
  17. Taxing the Poor, 2008, http://www.pbs.org/now/shows/415/video.html
  18. The End of Poverty, 2008,https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x22eynh
  19. Rising Tide, 2008, URL unknown
  20. Tax Me If You Can (UK version), 2009, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sWmlUfknTZk&feature=youtube_gdata_player
  21. Ten Trillion and Counting, 2009, https://www.pbs.org/video/frontline-ten-trillion-and-counting/
  22. We’re Not Broke, 2009, http://www.hulu.com/watch/442931
  23. Your Tax Dollars at Work, 2009, https://wetheeconomy.com/films/your-tax-dollars-at-work/
  24. Deficits: Taxing the Rich, 2010, https://www.cbsnews.com/video/deficits-taxing-the-rich/
  25. Dispatches: How the Rich beat the Tax man, 2010, http://www.channel4.com/programmes/dispatches/episode-guide/series-72/episode-1
  26. I.O.U.S.A. Solutions, 2010, http://www.pgpf.org/Media/Video/2010/09/iousa-solutions.aspx
  27. Inside the IRS, 2010, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Jzee0GKA3w (part 1)
  28. 60 minutes: The New Tax Havens, 2011, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MxgezC4KhXQ
  29. An Inconvenient Tax, 2011,http://vimeo.com/channels/aninconvenienttax
  30. Dazed & Confused | The Money Issue, 2011, https://vimeo.com/groups/4307/videos/21478777
  31. Heist: Who Stole the American Dream?, 2011, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWh-G3MFkSA
  32. The American Tax Cheat, 2011,http://www.cnbc.com/id/42192642
  33. UK Uncut, 2011, http://vimeo.com/19432218
  34. Transfer pricing and tax havens, 2011, https://www.khanacademy.org/economics-finance-domain/core-finance/taxes-topic/corporate-taxation/v/transfer-pricing-and-tax-havens
  35. While We Watch, 2012, http://www.whilewewatch.com/
  36. Dispatches: Secrets of the Taxman, 2012, http://www.channel4.com/programmes/dispatches/episode-guide/series-116/episode-1
  37. We’re Not Broke, 2012, http://www.filmsforaction.org/watch/were_not_broke_2012_free_on_hulu/
  38. Good Copper, Bad Copper, 2012, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uamzirLswjk
  39. Cash investigation S1E3: Les petits secrets des grandes entreprises, 2012, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQqmQ3p42t4
  40. Frontline: The Untouchables, 2013, http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/untouchables/
  41. How to Build a Country from Scratch, 2013, http://www.nytimes.com/video/2013/02/04/opinion/100000002043729/how-to-build-a-country-from-scratch.html
  42. Inside Story : Tax avoidance: Legality vs morality, 2013, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5SpCyxwahEk
  43. Cash investigation S2E1: Le scandale de l'evasion fiscale: revelations sur les milliards qui nous manquent, 2013, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5ZZO-HgZhE
  44. Tax Free Tour, 2013, https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=d4o13isDdfY
  45. Falciani's Tax Bomb: The Man Behind the Swiss Leaks, 2015, https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4480186/
  46. Offshore Banking / Tax Havens : Didn’t you know, you knew ?, 2016, https://vimeo.com/237409247
  47. Offshore: Elmer und das Bankgeheimnis, 2016, https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5520032/
  48. Cash investigation S4E7: Paradis fiscaux: le casse du siecle, 2016, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CsKH9tcvirw
  49. Paradis fiscale & Panama Papers, scandale d'évasion fiscale, 2016, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gg2sLRcByYA
  50. The Price We Pay, 2017, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tyGsFmmzGsA
  51. Global Witness | Paradise Papers: Time to investigate Glencore, 2017, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CfhEJugfCr0
  52. The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire, 2017, https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6483026/
  53. Cash investigation S6E3 Paradise Papers: au coeur d'in scandal mondial, 2017, https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x68vxeh
  54. Development Foregone, 2017,https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OWS5nKGJkJk&feature=youtu.be
  55. Der Insider: #CumExFiles, 2018, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J1XA320LiUk
  56. Reberth, 2018, https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8750660/