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DESCRIPTION:\nFilm evenings begin with optional potluck refreshments and social hour at 
  6:30 pm,\nfollowed by the film at  7:30 pm, followed by a discussion after 
 the film.\n\nCAPITALISM:  A LOVE STORY\nby Michael Moore\n\nBy returning to 
 his roots, professional gadfly Michael Moore turns in one of his best 
 films.  His target is less capitalism qua capitalism than the banking 
 industry, which Moore skewers ruthlessly, explaining the economic meltdown 
 of 2007 in terms a sixth-grader could understand.  His real targets are 
 shady practices in the banking, investment, and mortgage industries, how 
 bad an idea it is to hire executives from those industries to run the 
 economy at the governmental level, the greed that wealth breeds, and 
 ultimately, the catastrophic effects all of this has on the average 
 American as the middle class steadily shrinks.\n\nMoore tells us that 
 capitalism is both un-Christian and un-American, an evil that deserves not 
 regulation but elimination.  No doubt he had concluded all this in advance 
 of making this film, but no matter. There is something energizing and 
 moving about the sight of him setting out to prove it all over again.  Like 
 some shambling Columbo, he amasses the evidence, takes witness statements 
 from the victims, and then starts doorstepping the guilty parties.  But 
 this time the culprit is much bigger than General Motors, and the crime 
 scene far wider than Flint, Michigan. From Middle America, to the halls of 
 power in Washington,, D.C., to the global financial epicenter in Manhattan, 
 Michael Moore will once again take film goers into uncharted territory.  
 With both humor and outrage, he explores a taboo question:  What is the 
 price that America pays for its love of capitalism?  Years ago, that love 
 seemed so innocent.  Today the American dream is looking more like a 
 nightmare as families pay the price with their jobs, their homes, and their 
 savings. Moore takes us into the homes of ordinary people whose lives have 
 been turned upside down; and he goes looking for explanations in 
 Washington, D.C.   America, happily enthuses a leaked Citibank report, is 
 now a modern-day “plutonomy” where the top 1% of the population control 
 95% of the wealth.  Does Barack Obama’s election spell an end to all 
 this?  Moore has his doubts, pointing out that Goldman Sachs – depicted 
 in this film as the principal agent of wickedness – was the largest 
 private contributor to the Obama campaign.\n\nIt’s the emotional stories, 
 along with calls to action, — as a matter of patriotic duty and as 
 confirmation of our love of democracy — where the film shines.  The film 
 isn’t just about pointing fingers at those who have gotten us into this 
 mess, but about mobilizing working people to stop waiting for someone else 
 to fix it, and to stop sitting idly by while their wages, pensions, health 
 care, and their very homes are stolen from them.  In this respect, Moore is 
 at the top of his game, and at the very least, his film may spark some much 
 needed conversations about America’s problems among the people who are 
 affected most by economic strife, and who have the least real 
 power.\n\nWheelchair accessible around the corner at  411  28th  
 Street\n\n$5 donations are accepted\n\n\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2010/10/22/18662042.php
SUMMARY:Capitalism: A Love Story
LOCATION:Humanist Hall\n390  27th  Street\nmidtown Oakland, between Telegraph and 
 Broadway\nhttp://www.HumanistHall.org \n
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2010/10/22/18662042.php
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