The Diary of a Slumlord

The Diary of a Slumlord is a 2013 docufiction film starring Matt Reaves about a fictional crime lord. It chronicles a struggling college graduates journey from struggling to pay back his student loans to becoming a rich slumlord. It was screened at the 2013 Short. Sweet. Film Fest.

The two strike up a bargain Edmonds wants to get out of debt and Knight wants to go legit. Knight gives Edmonds the money to buy the house from the bank. Edmonds then rents rooms at the property out at high prices, using the proceeds not only to pay back Knight, but purchase a number of other properties as well. He buys a number of buildings and rents them out to immigrants, drug dealers and prostitutes, allowing them to operate there not only in exchange for rent, but for a cut of the proceeds from their illegal activities. Knight uses Edmonds real estate interests as a means of laundering drug money and hired thugs are used to ensure that the tenants pay up Edmonds becomes very rich off of his illgotten investments.During this time, he rekindles his romance with a former highschool sweetheart, Donna Mitchell. Gradually, he lets her into his criminal empire. Things begin going sour for Edmonds when several members of Knights crew are arrested in major federal drug sweeps. Knight panics and begins impulsively murdering subordinates that he believes are informing on him. It turns out that Edmonds girlfriend, Donna, was a federal informant the whole time. She had been planted by the government in order to destroy the criminal organization from the inside. Knowing that he is caught and after being tipped off that Knight plans to kill him, Edmonds agrees to cooperate with authorities and testify against his former partner in exchange for a reduced sentence. The film ends citing Economic Policy Institute statistics about college graduate underemployment. ........

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