Note: this story has been updated with more information on the controversy over "Roger and Me." Years ago, I interviewed an Ann Arbor man who’d known controversial filmmaker (and Michigan native) Michael Moore while growing up, and the interviewee said of Moore, “He’s a gadfly, but he’s our gadfly.” Because ...
After a 20th anniversary screening of "Roger and Me" on Thursday night, Michael Moore entered Angell Hall's Auditorium A — a space the controversial, Oscar-winning filmmaker referred to as "hallowed ground." For Moore had often driven to Ann Arbor in the '70s to catch movies (like "8 1/2," "Wild Strawberries," ...
We recently reported that Michael Moore will be at a 20th anniversary screening of his first film, "Roger and Me," on Thursday, March 18 at 7 p.m. in U-M's Angell Hall, Auditorium A, 435 S. State St. Moore will answer questions and give a talk following the screening. While this ...
Filmmaker Michael Moore will be in Ann Arbor this month for a public Q&A, following a free screening of his breakthrough first film, "Roger & Me" (1989), which documented the Flint native's attempts to talk with then-GM CEO Roger Smith about the local effects of downsizing and plant closings.
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