Hi Irene,
someone else would probably be able to answer that better but here is what I
know...
Michael Moore is sort of an icon of American progressive politics. His
medium is film. Roger and Me is his probably most famous movie and it
exposes the effect of the closing of a GM factory in Flynt, Michigan. The
movie demonstrates the devastating effects of mass unemployment to the
whole city. His films tend to be very real, full of details newscameras dont
notice.
He is also famous for being really persistent and pesky in getting
interviews with various high profile figures and putting them on the spot. I
think his recent movie which I havent seen is about Nike and sweatshops in
third world countries.
What else... He is really hilarious, what i've seen of him is usually humor
masking really serious issues.
He holds a lot of weight in progressive politics which is why his letter
about what happened in the US has been posted and reposted all over the
place.
hope it helps.
take care,
julia
quoted 18 lines From: "Irene McC" <substar@iafrica.com>
>From: "Irene McC" <substar@iafrica.com>
>Reply-To: substar@iafrica.com
>To: idm@hyperreal.org
>Subject: [idm] who is Michael Moore ?
>Date: Sat, 15 Sep 2001 16:21:14 +0200
>
>This is a genuine question - I live many thousands of miles away;
>and have never heard the name Michael Moore before - is he a
>journalist?
>
>I
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