The Ordinance
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The Ordinance
In Texas, nonprofits and cities are taking unprecedented action to fight the payday loan industry and protect the poor. The Ordinance is a documentary that examines the payday loan and auto title loan industry while also following a small Texas town that is fighting for change. In a time when political disillusionment is growing this story serves as an important example of how the best, and worst, of our political system can unite a community. The film documents the first issue ever that had Catholics, Southern Baptists, and Cooperative Baptists worked together on at a national level.