Des Moines Showing 'Outfoxed' and 'Uncovered' September 3 & 4
Due to
the tremendous success of the free screenings of these two Robert
Greenwald films last weekend at the Vaudeville Mews (212 4th ST in
downtown Des Moines), the films are going to be shown again this
weekend:
Friday, Sept. 3 – 'Uncovered' will be shown at 7 pm; 'Outfoxed' at 8:15 pm
Saturday, Sept. 4 – 'Uncovered' will be shown at 1 pm; 'Outfoxed' at 3 pm
All shows are free. Bring your friends.
For more information, contact:
Jeff Jensen
Vaudeville Mews
971 – 9191
jetjensen@mchsi.com
NOTE:
The Vaudeville Mews will also be the exclusive venue for the Iowa
premier of yet another hard-hitting Robert Greenwald film
–“Unconstitutional.”
TO BE SHOWN ON TUESDAY, SEPT. 14 AT 7 PM.
More details later….
'Outfoxed': A Unique Sleeper Hit
Wired.com
Robert
Greenwald's latest film, 'Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on
Journalism,' went straight to video. But this documentary, which
attacks Fox News' purported fair and balanced reporting, is no summer
sleeper.
…Outfoxed
has been one of the three most popular DVDs on Amazon.com's best-seller
list since July 13, said Kristin Mariani, a company spokeswoman. “It's
a real-time barometer,” she said, adding that Amazon updates its
top-seller lists every hour. “The fact that it has remained in the top
three indicates a high level of customer demand.”
…The
film was produced with the intention that it be available to
liberal-oriented groups and their members. (The DVDs cost only $10.)
Wes Boyd, MoveOn.org's co-founder, said the progressive political group
screened 'Outfoxed' at its house parties to organize supporters to sign
petitions asking the Federal Trade Commission to prevent Fox News from
using its trademarked slogan, “Fair and Balanced.”
(more)
'Uncovered': A Strong Case Against the Iraq Invasion
Washington Post
At a
time when political documentaries have become all the rage, Robert
Greenwald is emerging as the form's Joyce Carol Oates, pumping out film
after film about timely controversies, from the 2000 election
(“Unprecedented”) to Fox News Channel (“Outfoxed”), and from the Bush
administration's run-up to the war in Iraq (“Uncovered: The War on
Iraq”) to the implications for civil liberties of the Patriot Act (the
upcoming “Unconstitutional”).
Greenwald's
films don't break any formal ground – they're prose, not poetry, hewing
to a conventional clips-and-talking-heads format. But they are quick,
efficient polemic, the cinematic equivalent of a good op-ed piece. In
“Uncovered” – a shorter version of which was shown last year in a
series of house parties sponsored by the anti-Bush organizations
MoveOn.org and the Center for American Progress – Greenwald marshals
dozens of impeccably credentialed witnesses to debunk the case made for
going to war. We hear from former CIA, State Department, Pentagon and
military officials whose arguments have been given added steam recently
by major news institutions, this one among them, admitting that their
prewar coverage was insufficiently skeptical. Whether “Uncovered” will
change any minds – whether, as Greenwald obviously desires, it will
contribute to voting George W. Bush out of office in November – is less
than clear in a season when political energy seems increasingly to be
directed at showing up at the multiplex, if not the polls.
(more)
Blog For Iowa 
I have seen “Out Foxed” twice. It's a great documentary. I think it also provides the inspiration and tools to get active in the cause of making the so-called “liberal” media more honest. I suggest everyone who can view it to do so. The Communists had Pravda but the GOP has Fox News Channel. Howard told us we need to take back our country. The one way we can is to have more truth in reporting so we can make wiser decisions not only around the dinner table figuring out our expenses but also at the ballot box (Diebold need not apply). Oh by the way. Did anyone see Howard Dean in the Monday Night Football introduction? I did, I thought it was great.
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