Moore, Michael

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Capitalism

Filmmaker Moore examines the history of free-market capitalism in post-Reagan America and questions its efficacy as the basis for the nation's economy.

Fahrenheit 9

Michael Moore examines the Bush administration's financial ties to Saudi Arabia and the bin Laden family. Using actual footage and declassified documents, Moore takes a detailed look into political events both before and after the attacks on the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001, beginning with the polarizing Supreme Court decision that ultimately gave the state of Florida and the 2000 election to George W. Bush.

Roger & Me

A documentary about Flint, Michigan, native Michael Moore and his efforts to meet with General Motors' president Roger Smith in order to persuade the executive to visit Flint, a city which is economically depressed due to the closure of a General Motors plant.

Sicko

2007
Michael Moore interviews Americans who have been denied treatment by the United States health care insurance companies--companies who sacrifice esential health services in order to maximize profits. The film sheds light on how complicated it can become for communities and individuals, and the sacrifices individuals have make when they are denied health care coverage.

Will they ever trust us again?

letters from the war zone
2004
Documentary filmmaker Michael Moore shares letters he received from American soldiers and veterans of the war in Iraq, and members of their families, in response to his anti-Bush film "Fahrenheit 9/11.".

Stupid white men-- and other sorry excuses for the state of the nation!

2001
A semi-serious rant in which Michael Moore rails against President George Bush and the election of 2000, and blames the woes of the twenty-first century--pollution, joblessness, failing economy, and others--on a group of politicians and businessmen he calls "stupid white men.".

Here comes trouble

stories from my life
2011
Oscar winner Michael Moore shares twenty-four vignettes from his life as a rabble-rouser, telling of getting lost in the Senate at the age of eleven and being found by Bobby Kennedy, the underground newspaper he started in fourth grade, how he became one of the youngest elected officials in the country at eighteen, and his career as an independent filmmaker.

Downsize this!

1997
Discusses how Big Business and Fortune 500 companies hid the fact that although the economy was at an all-time high in the late 1990s, companies were downsizing more than they ever had before.

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