Cashing Out (2024)

7.0/10 40 min Documentary

Overview

At the height of the AIDS crisis, many gay men sold their life insurance policies to investors for quick cash. This documentary charts the rise and fall of the hundred-million-dollar “gay-death-profiteering” industry that grew out of their desperation, and spotlights one of its earliest investors: the filmmaker’s father.

Cast

Sean O. Strub

Self

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