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TelemarketersTelemarketers

This three-part documentary chronicles the darkly comedic 20-year journey of two office workers who stumble upon the murky truth behind the work they’ve been doing at a seedy New Jersey call center -- persuading people to give money to charities -- and vow to expose the crooked telemarketing industry from within. Featuring raucous insider access, raw eyewitness footage and a comical cast of call center characters, Telemarketers is a madcap look at the dark side of American capitalism, as two unlikely buddies find themselves hot on the trail of a billion-dollar scam.more

This three-part documentary chronicles the darkly comedic 20-year...More

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Episode 1

Part 1

Sam Lipman-Stern, a 14-year-old high school dropout, joins Civic Development Group (“CDG”) in 2001 as a telemarketer raising money for various charities. What starts off as horseplay, filming the outrageous office antics, leads Sam and his colleague Pat Pespas (a legendary salesman at the office who is also struggling with addiction) to closely examine their dubious fundraising practices and the players behind this seemingly large-scale fraud.

Episode 2

Part 2

Following the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) shutting down CDG in 2009, other copy-cat telemarketing companies pop up and evade regulation by taking advantage of loopholes. Undeterred, Sam and Pat continue down a wild and twisted path. They learn that the industry’s corrupt ways run much deeper than just CDG through industry sources and obsessive muckraking. Just as they gain ground in their investigation, Pat unexpectedly disappears -- bringing their mission to a screeching halt.

Episode 3

Part 3

Years later, Sam and Pat reunite in the present day to continue their investigation, only to learn that telemarketing schemes are now even more brazenly opportunistic with the advent of robocalling, political action committees (PACs), and new technologies such as AI. They travel across the country, gathering compelling evidence from various sources. They find themselves on Capitol Hill meeting with a US Senator to bring their findings, but the solutions are more elusive than they imagined.

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Telemarketers

This three-part documentary chronicles the darkly comedic 20-year journey of two office workers who stumble upon the murky truth behind the work they’ve been doing at a seedy New Jersey call center -- persuading people to give money to charities -- and vow to expose the crooked telemarketing industry from within. Featuring raucous insider access, raw eyewitness footage and a comical cast of call center characters, Telemarketers is a madcap look at the dark side of American capitalism, as two unlikely buddies find themselves hot on the trail of a billion-dollar scam.

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