Pedestrian Observer GB: Michael Moore’s Slacker Uprising

I was alerted by a post at BlogCatalog by Billy Warhol on the upcoming release of Michael Moore’s new film Slacker Uprising on Tuesday, September 23rd where US and Canada residents can stream, download, or burn a DVD of the film free of charge. This I believe is the best counter argument against the politics of divisiveness and fear espoused by those people on the far right of the Talibani religious errr political spectrum......

Michael Moore on the Slacker Uprising:

As you may have heard, I've decided to make my new film, "Slacker Uprising," available for free to everyone in the United States and Canada. It is the first time ever that a major feature-length film is debuting as a free download on the internet -- legally. I am doing this for two reasons:

1. Next year it will be 20 years since my first film, "Roger & Me," so I'd like to give those of you who've supported my work over the years a thank you gift in the form of a brand new movie; and

2. I hope the release and wide distribution of this new movie will help to bring out millions of young and new voters on November 4th.

"Slacker Uprising" takes place in the wake of "Fahrenheit 9/11," during the run-up to the 2004 election, as I traveled for 42 days across America, visiting 62 cities in a failed attempt to remove George W. Bush from office. My goal was to help turn out a record number of young voters and others who had never voted before. (That part was a success. Young adults voted in greater numbers than in any election since 18-year-olds were given the right to vote. And the youth vote was the only age group that John Kerry won.)

What I encountered during the tour and the filming was both inspiring and frightening, so I thought, hey, this might make for a funny and enlightening movie! Each night, thousands would show up to volunteer in the Slacker Army against Bush. This drove local Republicans nuts. In one state they tried to have me arrested. At two colleges, rich donors offered to donate more money to the college if they would ban me from campus. Nearly a half-dozen universities kept the Slacker Uprising tour off their campuses. But there was no stopping this movement. By the time we got to Florida, 16,000 people a night were showing up.

It was clear that young people were the ones who were going to save the day -- just as they are in this year's election.

The distribution is being organized by Robert Greenwald's Brave New Films the people behind "OUTFOXED: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism" and "WAL-MART: The High Cost of Low Price".

If you want to have fun and give the ultra-conservative right a fit send the word out……….. you have to register at Slacker Uprising website for the free download, once you fill up the form take the extra time of sending it to your email contacts.

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