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Michael Moore’s WHERE TO INVADE NEXT Plays For Free In Flint For Opening Week

Posted Wednesday, February 17th, 2016 - Comments Off on Michael Moore’s WHERE TO INVADE NEXT Plays For Free In Flint For Opening Week
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[PR]  COMPLIMENTARY SHOWINGS FOR RESIDENTS TO HIT THEATERS STARTING FEBRUARY 19

NEW YORK (February 17, 2016) – Tom Quinn, Jason Janego, and Tim League, the distributors for Michael Moore’s new film, WHERE TO INVADE NEXT, announced today that Flint, Michigan residents will be able to see the film for free at local theaters beginning on Friday, February 19.  The film will open at Cinemark’s Flint West 14 and the NCG Trillium Cinema + IMAX, with tickets being given out at no charge for a full one-week run.

Academy Award-winning director Moore was born in Flint and made the 1989 documentary ROGER AND ME about the city. He has been a leading voice in the outcry against the state government during Flint’s recent water crisis, spearheading a petition calling for the arrest of Michigan Governor Rick Snyder which has received hundreds of thousands of signatures thus far.  On January 16, Moore visited the city to speak out on the tragedy and show his support for his hometown and its citizens.

The team of Quinn, Janego and League commented: “This is the most important film of the year for Americans to see as we head into a pivotal Presidential election. The single most impactful message in this film is the idea of being a good neighbor – treating people with respect, helping one another, and looking out for the good of others rather than just yourself.  This message resonates particularly in Flint right now, so we wanted to make the film free of charge to all of its residents.”

 

WHERE TO INVADE NEXT opened in limited theaters on Friday, February 12th and boasts one of Moore’s highest debuts.  The current box office to date is $1.25 million.

 

Just in time for election season, America’s favorite political provocateur, Michael Moore, is back with his new film, WHERE TO INVADE NEXT. Honored by festivals and critics groups alike, WHERE TO INVADE NEXT is an expansive, hilarious, and subversive comedy in which the Academy Award®-winning director confronts the most pressing issues facing America today and finds solutions in the most unlikely places. The creator of FAHRENHEIT 9/11 and BOWLING FOR COLUMBINE has returned with an epic movie that’s unlike anything he has done before—an eye-opening call to arms to capture the American Dream and restore it in, of all places, America.

For more information: http://wheretoinvadenext.com/

 

 

 

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