The Awakening - Michael Moore
Yesterday Michael Moor launched his latest film, “Slacker Uprising”.
The controversial film maker made a new and interesting step with this movie, as he doesn’t specifically target the current administration, instead he has a clear focus on one thing: getting people out of their homes to vote. The message is simple: if one doesn’t get off the couch and speak one’s mind about the country’s direction, the one is a tacit perpetrator of the current state of thing.
The movie in itself is nothing more than a journal regarding Moore’s conferences and meetings across the US in an attempt to convince the people that change is needed. Alongside him went many well-known supporters of democracy and opponents of the current system: Joan Baez (world-famous musician and political activist), Viggo Mortessen (the well know musician and actor of “Lord of the Rings”), members of the famous rock band REM, members of Rage Against the Machine (the well-known punk/rock anti-government band), Eddie Vedder (of Pearl Jam) or Steve Earle (folk musician) in an attempt to get the message through: be the change you want to see.
The failures of the current administration are reminded to the public once again while Moore faces both friendly and hostile crowds as he makes no attempt to silence the opposition, instead tries to convince people to use their democratic right to vote.
Michael Moore is well known for his leftist, progressive and democratic views which have compelled him to bring up sensitive subjects such as gun-control (”Bowling for Columbine”), the Iraq war (”Fahrenheit 9/11″) and the health system (”Sicko”). His movies have brought criticism from both proponents and opponents for the way in which information is presented in a manner that forces the conclusion in the eyes and mind of the spectator … but aside that, agreement comes to one thing: all the information presented in his books and movies is heavily documented, mostly by publicly available official records.