Floored - Documentary Film (2009)

Released in 2009, "Floored," directed by James Allen Smith, offers a raw glimpse into the chaotic world of Chicago's trading floors, where floor traders risk fortunes in a high-stakes environment of hand signals and neon jackets. Featuring interviews with traders like Jeff Ansani and Ron Beebe, it captures the thrill and peril of open-outcry trading amid the shift to electronic systems, which rendered the pits obsolete. Through personal stories of addiction, losses, and adaptation, the 77-minute film evokes empathy for a vanishing breed, reflecting broader economic upheavals.