About the Film
At the height of the AIDS crisis, thousands of queer people sold their life-insurance policies for quick cash after being abandoned by their families and public institutions. “Cashing Out” explores this billion-dollar "AIDS profiteering" industry, and one filmmaker's unexpected connection to it.
Director: Matt Nadel
Producers: Luke Hodges and Matt Nadel
Executive Producers: Julie Cohen, Matt Bomer, and Angeria Paris VanMicheals
Hear about the making of Cashing Out from director Matt Nadel, in conversation with:
Caroline Waterlow (O.J.: Made in America), with executive producer Julie Cohen (RBG)
Ben Proudfoot (The Last Repair Shop, The Queen of Basketball)
Molly O’Brien (The Only Girl in the Orchestra)
David France (How To Survive A Plague)
Beth Levison (The Martha Mitchell Effect)
John Hoffman (The Barber of Little Rock)
Waad Al-Kateab (For Sama)
S. Leo Chiang (Island In Between)
Matt Wolf (Pee-wee As Himself)
Carla Gutierrez (Frida)
Ryan Harrington (The Cave)
Tyler H. Walk (editor of the Oscar® nominated How to Survive A Plague), with Cashing Out editor Will Mayo
Bill Weber (We Were Here)
Yoruba Richen (The New Black)
Sandi DuBowski (Sabbath Queen)
Roberta Grossman (Seeing Allred)
Hilton Als (staff writer, The New Yorker)
Sarah Stillman (staff writer, The New Yorker)