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Moore's "Roger And Me"


Michael Moore is a writer and film director who stands up for the
blue-collar, working class people. In his film, 'Roger and Me', he shows
how these groups of people are mistreated and disregarded by the
stockholders and the company chairman of General Motors. Moore shows that
corporate America is the "American dream" perfected and then corrupted
because of greed and the will to power.
Michael Moore was born in Davison, Michigan, just outside of Flint,
in the shadow of the GM plant. His home was an apartment over a dry
cleaner's shop. His family moved from a small, three-room bedroom ranch
house on a dirt road when he was very young. After his two sisters were
born, his family ...

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the editor of the Flint Voice, one of the nation's most respectable
alternative newsletters.
In 1989, Moore produced and directed a documentary entitled 'Roger
and Me', a political satire about his quest to convince General Motors'
Chairman Roger Smith to visit Flint, Michigan, and witness the devastation
brought by GM shutdowns. His movie quickly became the highest grossing
documentary of all time, appearing on more than 100 of the critics '10 best
films of the year' lists. The film was also given many awards and even led
to the founding of the Center for Alternative Media.
In 'Roger and Me', Moore wants answers for the plant closing and
the catastrophes it has brought. He tries to interview Roger Smith in
order to get the answers to these questions. The film's guiding thread is
Moore's relentless stalking of Roger Smith from 1987 to 1989. Smith
continually eludes him, never explaining his mistake. Meanwhile, in Flint,
the poor are getting poorer ...

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Added: 7/31/2007 04:48:04 AM
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