Finding the Money - Film Screening and Q&A
Screening of Finding the Money, followed by a panel discussion and Q&A with the director Maren Poitras and other guests.
Finding the Money is the story of an intrepid group of economists on a mission to flip our understanding of money upside down. How could reimagining money transform our town? Does Middlesbrough and do the people of Teesside deserve more credit? Can a different economic theory revolutionise our ability to tackle the climate crisis?
As Kate Raworth affirms in Doughnut Economics (2017) "the design of money – how it is created, the character it is given, and how it is to be used" has huge implications and approaching money differently could help us to "become full participants in nature’s cycles".
This in-person free-to-attend film screening will be followed by a panel discussion and audience Q&A, featuring Maren Poitras, the film’s director, and other special guests.
Tea and coffee will be provided during the break between the screening and the Q&A.
Spaces are limited. Booking is essential.
Constantine Building (Borough Road Entrance)
Teesside University
Middlesbrough
TS1 3BA, UK
Schedule:
1:30 PM - 3:10 PM: Screening of Finding the Money
3:10 PM - 3:30 PM: Refreshments
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM: Panel Discussion and Audience Q&A
Speakers:
Rob Hawkes (organiser and host) is Senior Lecturer in English Studies at Teesside University.
Robyn Ollett (organiser and host) is an English Studies Lecturer and Early Career Researcher at Teesside University.
Maren Poitras (special guest panellist) is the Director of Finding the Money (2023), recipient of the Audience Award at DocLands film festival DocPitch 2021.
Phil Armstrong (special guest panellist) is author of Warren Mosler: Under the Bonnet (2025) and Can Heterodox Economics Make a Difference? (2020).
Scott Ferguson (special guest panellist) is Associate Professor in the Department of Humanities & Cultural Studies at the University of South Florida and author of Declarations of Dependence: Money, Aesthetics, and the Politics of Care (2018).
Antonia Liguori (special guest panellist) is Professor of Participatory Storytelling and Public Policy at Teesside University.
This event is part of Where Credit's Due: Making Money for Ecosocial Justice, a project devised and organised by Rob Hawkes and Robyn Ollett and funded by Teesside University's AHRC Impact Acceleration Account (IAA).
