Hot Coffee
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1hr
25mins
Directed by
Susan Saladoff,
Sheila Nevins,
Starring
Joan Claybrook,
Oliver Diaz,
Joanne Doroshow,
Al Franken
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Most people think they know the "McDonald's coffee case," but what they don't know is that corporations have spent millions distorting the case to promote tort reform. HOT COFFEE reveals how big business, aided by the media, brewed a dangerous concoction of manipulation and lies to protect corporate interests. By following four people whose lives were devastated by the attacks on our courts, the film challenges the assumptions Americans hold about "jackpot justice."