Michael Camoin established
Videos For Change Productions in 1995. He is co-founder of the Albany-AIVF salon Upstate Independent Filmmakers Network and today, the Founding Director of the
Northeast Filmmakers Lab entering its 8th edition. In his own cinematic mission, Camoin is producing the
SCARED TO DEBT SERIES on America's student loan debt crisis.
SCARED TO DEBT is the untold story of how the US Government set up a system of greed that gutted student loans of consumer protections leading to the skyrocketing cost of tuition and indenturing millions through predatory lending. Rolling Stone’s Matt Taibbi discovers Alan Collinge, author of The Student Loan Scam, a dedicated stalwart who turns from scientist to activist when he is wrongfully thrown into default by Sallie Mae. Collinge warned, in 2006 on 60 Minutes, how this same scheme continued to throw millions of students, parents and colleges over the cliff. No one paid much attention and despite today’s headlines of privilege, scandal, greed and blame, the predatory lending system designed to indenture millions, predominantly women and people of color, remains hiding in plain sight.
Residing in upstate New York with his wife, Linda, and two children, Camoin anticipates returning to D.C. (and other cities across the US) this summer for the world premiere of episode 1, Sallie Mae Not.