Did you know the richest 1% of Americans have more financial wealth than the bottom 95%? Filmmaker Michael Moore takes on this injustice – where a few profit off the misfortunes of the many – in his new film, Capitalism: A Love Story!, opening October 2nd.
Co-produced by Trouble the Water Directors Tia Lessin and Carl Deal, Capitalism: A Love Story! explores with humor and outrage the taboo question: What price does America pay for its capitalism? In many ways, Hurricane Katrina and the government's response showed us what that looks like ... as the world watched 100,000 of the poorest Americans left to fend for themselves in a catastrophic flood, while the wealthiest evacuated. And as the Federal government spent hundreds of millions daily on a war in the other Gulf, and handed out billions more in no-bid contracts to friendly corporations, the ordinary citizens were, and still are, left behind.
Capitalism: A Love Story! is a journey into the heart of American greed, where a home is foreclosed on every seven and a half seconds, and helps make sense out of it all. It is a potent call to action.