Michael Moore’s latest film, Fahrenheit 11/9, is about Trump — but not only! It includes footage I hadn’t seen before shaming Obama, Bill Clinton, and the Democrats as well as the odious fascists (are there any other kinds, or is “odious” unnecessary as a modifyer of “fascist”?) now running the U.S. executive branch.
I’ve read a number of posts that imply the film is somewhat confused, lacks structural integrity, and is really 3 separate films in one.
So I just wanted to say, this film is incredible, GO TO SEE IT! It is insightful, inciteful, and incendiary. It’s just simply great, moving, and you’ll learn new stuff from it (or at least re-remember the stuff you once knew and forgot).
My only problem with it is the same as other socialist commentators pointed out — it looks to the new wave of candidates in the Democratic party as hope for the future. Michael doesn’t (thankfully) portray them as the only hope, but still … He does spend time on the teachers’ strike and other working class movements, they get important coverage here. But the new wave of candidates are already making politically expedient (opportunist) decisions. But that’s a small criticism of where Michael Moore is somewhat naively putting his hopes … (we’re all grasping for any straw we can get, though, these days!).
The film also leaves out lots of issues that could have used some truthtelling, really important ones (global climate change, Haiti, lots of others), but then the film is more about the political process in this country rather than examining individual issues, save for a few. And those scenes of a truly wretched Obama — whom Michael supported, while ridiculing the Green Party and other third party candidates — are surprising and revelatory; you’ll probably say, “Wow, I didn’t know about that, why did he do that?!” Those images will stay with you a long long long time.
So will the statistics from various polls about what the American people actually believe. More than 2/3rds support progressive and even socialist proposals on any number of issues — wow!
It’s just a great film. The images from the Democratic convention, where votes went to Hillary Clinton even though those states voted for Bernie Sanders are also powerful, maddening, and ultimately very sad. Michael Moore sees the Democratic Party betrayals as having paved the way for Trump, which is very true.
Bring your kids, and your neighbor’s kids, to see this film — watch it together! A real neighborhood anti-fascist moment! Organize!
MICHAEL MOORE’S FILM “FAHRENHEIT 11/9”
Posted on September 23, 2018 by MITCHEL COHEN
Michael Moore’s latest film, Fahrenheit 11/9, is about Trump — but not only! It includes footage I hadn’t seen before shaming Obama, Bill Clinton, and the Democrats as well as the odious fascists (are there any other kinds, or is “odious” unnecessary as a modifyer of “fascist”?) now running the U.S. executive branch.
I’ve read a number of posts that imply the film is somewhat confused, lacks structural integrity, and is really 3 separate films in one.
So I just wanted to say, this film is incredible, GO TO SEE IT! It is insightful, inciteful, and incendiary. It’s just simply great, moving, and you’ll learn new stuff from it (or at least re-remember the stuff you once knew and forgot).
My only problem with it is the same as other socialist commentators pointed out — it looks to the new wave of candidates in the Democratic party as hope for the future. Michael doesn’t (thankfully) portray them as the only hope, but still … He does spend time on the teachers’ strike and other working class movements, they get important coverage here. But the new wave of candidates are already making politically expedient (opportunist) decisions. But that’s a small criticism of where Michael Moore is somewhat naively putting his hopes … (we’re all grasping for any straw we can get, though, these days!).
The film also leaves out lots of issues that could have used some truthtelling, really important ones (global climate change, Haiti, lots of others), but then the film is more about the political process in this country rather than examining individual issues, save for a few. And those scenes of a truly wretched Obama — whom Michael supported, while ridiculing the Green Party and other third party candidates — are surprising and revelatory; you’ll probably say, “Wow, I didn’t know about that, why did he do that?!” Those images will stay with you a long long long time.
So will the statistics from various polls about what the American people actually believe. More than 2/3rds support progressive and even socialist proposals on any number of issues — wow!
It’s just a great film. The images from the Democratic convention, where votes went to Hillary Clinton even though those states voted for Bernie Sanders are also powerful, maddening, and ultimately very sad. Michael Moore sees the Democratic Party betrayals as having paved the way for Trump, which is very true.
Bring your kids, and your neighbor’s kids, to see this film — watch it together! A real neighborhood anti-fascist moment! Organize!
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