Documentary Description
Michael Moore’s Capitalism: A Love Story comes home to the
issue he’s been examining throughout his career: the disastrous impact
of corporate dominance on the everyday lives of Americans (and by
default, the rest of the world).
But this time the culprit is much bigger than General Motors, and the
crime scene far wider than Flint, Michigan. From Middle America, to the
halls of power in Washington, to the global financial epicenter in
Manhattan, Michael Moore will once again take film goers into uncharted
territory. With both humor and outrage, Michael Moore’s Capitalism: A
Love Story explores a taboo question: What is the price that America
pays for its love of capitalism? Years ago, that love seemed so
innocent.
Today, however, the American dream is looking more like a nightmare
as families pay the price with their jobs, their homes and their
savings. Moore takes us into the homes of ordinary people whose lives
have been turned upside down; and he goes looking for explanations in
Washington, DC and elsewhere.
What he finds are the all-too-familiar symptoms of a love affair gone
astray: lies, abuse, betrayal… and 14,000 jobs being lost every day. Capitalism:
A Love Story is both a culmination of Moore’s previous works and a
look into what a more hopeful future could look like. It is Michael
Moore’s ultimate quest to answer the question he’s posed throughout his
illustrious filmmaking career: Who are we and why do we behave the way
that we do?
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