Business of Disaster (2016)

0.0/10 53 min Documentary

Overview

When disaster strikes, who profits? FRONTLINE and NPR investigate the Business of Disaster in a major, multiplatform collaboration focused on the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy: the thousands still not home, the agencies that were supposed to help, and the companies that made millions.

Cast

Michael Bloomberg

Self - NYC Mayor

Lester Holt

Self - NBC Reporter

Will Lyman

Narrator (voice)

Barack Obama

Self - US President (archive footage)

Ronald Reagan

Self - US President (archive footage)

Dana Tyler

Self - CBS Reporter

Brian Williams

Self - NBC Reporter

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