DOCUMENTARY SERIES | EDITOR
POST-PRODUCTION 2025-2026
The ethics of our current economic system are rooted deeply in the idea of “bootstrapping” one’s way to success - making something from nothing in this land of unbounded opportunity. The reality, however, is that the odds are long and heavily stacked against most of us.
Could basic income revive "The American Dream?" The BOOTSTRAPS docu-series shows what happens to everyday Americans when they receive $1,000 a month, no strings attached.
BOOTSTRAPS follows eleven households, representing a diverse cross-section of the US, for several years as they participate in an unprecedented basic income trial.
Directed by DEIA SCHLOSBERG
Produced by VANESSA BERGONZOLI AND CONRAD SHAW