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Bosses, Workers, Elmo

August 30, 2011 By Bill Meyer Leave a Comment

"My Piece of the Pie"

Bill Meyer: By far, the relatively new Traverse City Film Festival, thanks to Michael Moore, is probably the most progressive, most friendly and most fun festival that’s come along in quite a while.

Filed Under: Film Tagged With: City Film Festival, Class Struggle, Conflict Resolution, Ethnic Relations, Fellow Workers, Fiction Film, Founders, Having An Affair, High Ratio, New Boss, Prison Term, racism, Stock Trader, Stock Trading, Surprise Twists, Trading Games, traverse city film festival, Twelve Angry Men, World Fiction, Young Man

Interracial Marriage, Class Arrogance, Idealism Star at Film Fest

August 26, 2011 By Bill Meyer Leave a Comment

loving-story

Bill Meyer: After being banned from their state of Virginia for 25 years, the Lovings won the case that set the precedent for interracial marriage in America. Loving Story reconstructs the drama in a fascinating manner, by utilizing stunning black and white photos and documentary footage shot during the early years of their struggles to stay in their Virginia home.

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“Jesus Was a Commie” and Other Offbeat Films

August 24, 2011 By Bill Meyer Leave a Comment

jesus was a commie

Bill Meyer: Devoid of a serious examination of Marxism, or communism for that matter, the film still retains a philosophical quest for the truth, and a search for a better understanding of the word ‘communism’ when used in social discourse.

Filed Under: Film Tagged With: American Culture, Berlin Wall, Birdy, City Film Festival, Communists, Different City, Fall Of Communism, Full Metal Jacket, Gorbachev, Logical Reason, Matthew Modine, Negative Stigma, Offbeat Films, Radio Free Europe, Ronald Reagan, Short Films, Time Of Jesus, Traditional Image, traverse city film festival, Voiceover

Movies Tell the Truth at Michael Moore’s Film Festival

August 13, 2011 By Bill Meyer Leave a Comment

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Bill Meyer: Michael Moore’s ever-present persona graced the stage at many of the screenings and his collectivist style of involvement certainly rubbed off on the more than 1,300 volunteers that made this not only one of the most progressive festivals in the world, but certainly the friendliest and most fun.

Filed Under: Film Tagged With: Apparent Reasons, Chilean Director, cinema, City Film Festival, culture, documentaries, Family Films, Festivals In The World, Festive Mood, Film Roger, Grand Traverse Bay, Indoor Venues, indy films, Kids Fest, Local Artists, michael moore, Michigan, Moore Film, movies, Party Atmosphere, Personal Connection, Record Numbers, Roger And Me, Social Revolution, Traverse City, traverse city film festival, Upper Michigan

Michael Moore’s Film Fest Blooms in Traverse City

July 24, 2011 By Bill Meyer Leave a Comment

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Bill Meyer: This six days of carefully crafted cinema watching closes with a “salute to the working people who make this country what it is” and to the power of cinema to represent the struggle, with a special screening of Chaplin’s 1936 silent masterpiece, Modern Times.

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