What is Freedom? Money Talks

What does it mean to be Free? We hear politicians talk about "Freedom" all the time. From left to right all sides try to claim it as their own. But what does it mean to ordinary people?
I travelled to America, the self styled "Land of the Free". By asking the simple question "who is the freest person you know?" I was sent on a journey through the USA, and through this most nebulous of concepts.
Episode 1. Money Talks
We meet Crystal, the manager of a car rental firm in the wild hinterlands of New York State, who's convinced that "freedom is money, that's what it is in a nutshell". When I ask her who the freest person she knows is, she points to Corky, a retired cop who just seems to work for her for fun, he's got all the cash he needs. But Corky has other ideas about what it means to be Free.
First in a series of four films for Channel 4's 3 Minute Wonder strand, first broadcast March 30th 2009, 7:55pm.
A Field Studies Production for Channel 4.