Apologies for any cross postings about this upcoming event.
Sicko
2007 (PG) 113 minutes
Friday, November 9 at 7:00 and **10:30** pm in 26-100
Sunday, November 11 at 7:00 pm in 26-100
The November 9 showings of this film are FREE to the MIT Community -
sponsored by the Technology and Culture Forum, the Lecture Steering
Committee, and the Large Events Fund.
Join us after the 7pm show on November 9 for a special talk by STS
Professor David Jones, who will discuss the critical reception of
Sicko, situating the film in current and ongoing policy debates about
national healthcare.
"America's most incendiary filmmaker, Michael Moore, returned in
2007 with this health-care-industry expose. SICKO tackles material
as controversial as the topics explored in Moore's other films, yet
does so in a way that
places the focus on ordinary Americans affected by the nation's
health-care crisis. After providing some historical background on
how our nation's medical care system became so ravaged and unfair, Moore
interviews a series of individuals and families who have had their
lives all but destroyed by the denial of care in the service of
profit. While there are two sides to the gun-control debate and even
a legitimate
discourse for how to best wage the war on terror, it's simply
impossible to justify how a baby girl can wind up dead because her
mother's health insurance wasn't accepted at a nearby hospital.
Moore smartly allows this and other stories to be told with little
or no interference, conjuring strong feelings of empathy, rage, and
deep sadness."
-- [<http://www.rottentomatoes.com/>www.rottentomatoes.com]
"A persuasive piece of propaganda because it is as entertaining and
funny as it is heart-rending and disturbing." -- Jeffrey
Westhoff, _Northwest Herald_.
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