Our Brand is Crisis
Wednesday, March 28 at 7 PM in the Procrastinator Theater
This event is free and open to the public.
For decades, U.S. strategists-for-hire have been quietly molding the opinions of voters and the messages of candidates in elections around the world. They have worked for presidential candidates on every continent (in Britain, Israel, India, Korea, South Africa, Venezuela, Brazil, to name a few...) Without the noise of tanks or troops, these Americans have been spreading our brand of democracy from the Middle East to the middle of the South American jungle. OUR BRAND IS CRISIS is an astounding look at one of their campaigns and its earth-shattering aftermath. With flabbergasting access to think sessions, media training and the making of smear campaigns, we watch how the consultants' marketing strategies shape the relationship between a leader and his people. And we see a shocking example of how the all-American art of branding can affect the "spreading of democracy" overseas.
Reviews:
"Momentous! Will pack a punch with even the most informed viewer. The unrestricted access we are given to these discussions that would normally take place behind closed doors is astounding!"
- Laura Kern,
The New York Times"Riveting. Remarkably suspenseful! James Carville is, of course, already a media star. Midway through the movie, he delivers an extended and shrewdly self-deprecating advertisement for himself. Among other things, he compares a campaign to sex: 'You never know when it's going to peak.'"
- J. Hoberman,
The Village Voice"A riveting and intellectually provocative tale of clashing ethics and ideologies."
- Matthew Ross,
Filmmaker Magazine
Inside Job
Wednesday, February 1, at 7 PM in the Procrastinator Theater.
This event is free and open to the public.
Academy Award nominated filmmaker, Charles Furhuson (No End In Sight) has delved deeply into the dark side of corporate corruption, malfeasance, and greed to bring you INSIDE JOB, the first film to reveal the shocking truth behind the economic crisis of 2008. This global financial meltdown resulted in losses of over $20 trillion worldwide and cost millions of people their homes and jobs. Through extensive research and interviews with major financial insiders, politicians, and journalists, INSIDE JOB traces the rise of a rouge industry and unveils the corrosive relationships which have corrupted politics, regulation, and academia.
Reviews:
"A masterpiece of non-fiction moviemaking -- a scathing, outrageous, depressing, comical, horrifying walk through what brought on the crisis. Scarier than anything Wes Craven and John Carpenter have ever made... treats the enormity of its subject with the gravity it deserves.
- Wesley Morris,
THE BOSTON GLOBE"Sadly, documentary filmmakers don't have subpoena power. These Masters of the Universe were skewered anyway by a film that is a gripping, must-see narrative of the financial meltdown."
- Robert Lenzer,
FORBES"If you are not enraged by the end of the movie, you weren't paying attention."
- Mary and Richard Corliss,
TIME Magazine
