To Catch a Dollar

Muhammad Yunus Banks On America

Nobel Peace Prize–winning economist Muhammad Yunus founded Grameen Bank in Bangladesh, with the radical mission of lending money to the poor. With millions of microloans to rural entrepreneurs in developing countries, Grameen is now importing its methods to the bastion of first-world capitalism: the U.S.A. First stop: Queens, New York.

With an intimate camera capturing both buoyant and desperate moments, To Catch a Dollar chronicles the evolution of the first Grameen America branch, and the women taking a chance on this financial experiment. Will Yunus’ model translate to a diverse group of inner-city New Yorkers?

To Catch a Dollar: Muhammad Yunus Banks on America received a Sundance Documentary Program / Skoll Foundation “Stories of Change” grant and premiered at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival.

Runtime: 85 minutes

Cinema Release: 2011

Watch: To Catch A Dollar: Muhammad Yunus Banks on America

VIDEO

To Catch A Dollar Clip: Discipline And Unity

To Catch A Dollar: Hugh Jackman promo

Vanity Fair interview with Muhammad Yunus

To Catch A Dollar Clip: Professor Yunus and microfinance

To Catch A Dollar: Matt Damon promo

Interview with Gayle Ferraro and Muhammad Yunus

Photos

  • Grameen America Center members

  • Director Gayle Ferraro interviews Muhammad Yunus

  • Grameen America Center Manager Alethia speaks to a small group of women entrepreneurs

  • Suze Orman, Kiva President Premal Shah, and Maria Bartiromo at To Catch a Dollar discussion event in New York

  • Robert De Niro at To Catch a Dollar event in New York

  • Richard Gere, Mike Meyers, Muhammad Yunus, and Gayle Ferraro

  • Gayle Ferraro, Muhammad Yunus, Lamiya Morshed, and Nelson Mandela in Johannesburg