Movies 08- I

Winter Series of "Movies with a Message" - All these movies should be available to checkout from Volusia County Library system.

Jan 13th- Sicko (2007 Documentary-123 mins) Michael Moore returns with this hilariously scathing indictment of American's failing health system. Combining powerful personal testimonies with shocking statistics, Moore pulls the curtain back on the greedy HMO's, drug companies, and congressmen who keep us ill. Traveling to Canada, England, France and Cuba-where free universal health care is the norm-he forces the question: Why can't this happen in the US?

Jan 20th- An Inconvenient Truth (2006-Documentary-100 mins) Director David Guggenheim eloquently weaves the science of global warming with Mr. Gore's personal history and lifelong commitment to reversing the effects of global climate change. A longtime advocate for the environment, Gore presents a wide array of facts and information in a thoughtful and compelling way. This movie is not a story of despair, but rather a rallying cry to protect the one earth we all share.

Jan 27th- Why we Fight (2005 Documentary-99 mins) It is an unflinching look at the anatomy of the American war-making. The film launches a nonpartisan inquiry into the forces-political, economic, and idealogical-that drive America to fight. Inspired by President Dwight Eisenhower's 1961 Farewell Address in which he warned American's about the dangers of the "military-industrial complex," this film explores a half-century of US foreign policy, revealing how political and corporate interests have become alarmingly entangled in the business of war.

Feb 3rd- Iraq For Sale-The War Profiteers (2006 Documentary-75 mins) The story of what happens to everyday Americans when corporations go to war. Acclaimed director Robert Greenwald takes you inside the lives of soldiers, truck drivers, widows and children who have been changed forever as a result of profiteering in the reconstruction of Iraq. This film uncovers the connections between private corporations making a killing in Iraq (Blackwater, Halliburton/KBR, CACI, and Titan) and the decision makers who allow them to do so.

Feb 10th- Iraq in Fragments (2006 Documentary-94 mins) American director James Longley spent more than two years filming in Iraq to create this stunningly photographed, poetically rendered documentary of the war-torn country as seen through the eyes of Sunnis, Shiites, and Kurds. This film illuminates post-war Iraq in three acts, building a picture of a country pulled in different directions by religion and ethnicity. Filmed in verite style with no scripted narration, the film explores the lives of ordinary Iraqis to illustrate and give background to larger trends in Iraqi society.