"Hot Coffee" - Official Documentary Film Trailer

Run time: 02:29 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBKRjxeQnT4   Posted on YouTube: June 01, 2011 By YouTube Member: hotcoffeethemovie Views on YouTube: 16704   Posted on DU: June 27, 2011 By DU Member: Bozita Views on DU: 1430

 
‘Hot Coffee’ (documentary)
Added June 14, 2011
Reviewed by Elliot V. Kotek
(from the 2011 Seattle International Film Festival)

Directed by: Susan Saladoff
Featuring: Jamie Leigh Jones, Connor Gourley, Colin Gourley, Al Franken and Oliver Diaz

Expertly edited by Cindy Lee with slick visuals by Brian Oakes, “Hot Coffee” is so good that it’s difficult to believe it was helmed by a first-time filmmaker. Executive producer Sheila Nevins and the HBO hierarchy usually have enough on their own production and development plates, but it’s no surprise that they picked up this provocative and potentially game-changing documentary; one would also not be surprised to see this film continue on its way into end-of-season awards discussions.

Like “GasLand,” “The Last Mountain” and “Inside Job,” “Hot Coffee” will knock you backward and change your perception of what you thought you knew. The film tackles the corporate demolition of this country’s civil rights system and the constitutional pretzel-twisting taking place to favor big business over those the system is supposed to protect.

Stepping off with a scene from that episode of “Seinfeld” in which Kramer spills hot coffee down his pants and sues for punitive damages, director Susan Saladoff uses the well-known but little understood case brought by Stella Liebeck against McDonald’s in 1994 and illuminates the marketing machine that followed, transforming that lawsuit into the definitive case cited as evidence of “jackpot justice” and “frivolous lawsuits.” Setting the record straight, Saladoff confronts our recollections of the case and ensures we understand the facts that transpired rather than the commonly referenced fictions we’ve accepted into lore.

Did you know, for instance, that there had been more than 700 other cases of burns from hot coffee reported to the restaurant? Did you ever see the pictures of the heinous burns the victim suffered and the skin grafts necessary to address the damage?

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I knew that the story had been seriously skewed by the corporate media, but I had no idea. The burns were so horrible. It literally burned through her skin. The woman's surgeon said it was a plain medical fact. Any liquid spilled on to skin at the 180-190 temp McDonald's required would cause second or third degree burns or worse.

Heartbreaking story about a family whose child was born with severe brain damage after the health care provider was ruled responsible for damages, but the state had placed a damage cap on such lawsuits, thus limiting the 5 million dollars (amount projected to take care of this child for life) to 1.5 million.

It is obvious that the press about such cases have been characterized as "frivolous lawsuits" throughout the years and Corporate America has been behind manipulating the legislative branch of our country in their favor. Karl Rove has been behind this for decades.

Edit to add that this is a Must Watch. Tell your friends and neighbors.

Looking forward to seeing the whole thing.