Film

America Betrayed

2008 · 1h 34m · Documentary

IMDb

7.5

Writer/director Leslie Carde finds her villain in the US Army Corps of Engineers, an agency whose primary aim is supposed to be that of protecting the nation's citizenry from potential disasters caused by the structural failure of dams, bridges, levees, buildings etc. Instead, the Corps, in cahoots with the many politicians and congressmen who work right along with it, has been found, over and over again, to be derelict in its duties - guilty of negligence, of employing harmful cost-cutting measures, of having misplaced priorities, of engaging in outright deception, and of brokering sweetheart deals with pet contractors. The movie is unsparing in its treatment of the Corps, and Carde clearly views it as her own personal mission to hold that organization accountable for the many acts of criminal malfeasance it has engaged in over the years.

Richard Dreyfuss

Narrator

Robert Bea

Himself

Joey DiFatta

Himself

Steve Ellis

Himself

Lucille Franz

Herself

Cynthia Hedge-Morrell

Herself

Judy Hoffmeister

Herself

Mary Landrieu

Self

• Leslie CardeDirector · Writer

Release date

January 1, 2008

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 34m

Genres

Documentary