Heist: Who stole the American dream?
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Heist: Who stole the American dream? And How We Can Get it Back
76 minutes, Wed Jan 13th, 2016
A New York Times Critics’ Pick
Official Selection of Film Festivals around the country.
" 'Heist' paints the picture of a democracy slowly and methodically being nudged toward oligarchy..." - Los Angeles Times
" 'Heist' comes out swinging... it has the virtue of taking the long view of a crisis that recent films like “Inside Job” and “Too Big to Fail” have only sketchily explored." - New York Times
"The best film I've seen in this genre" - Joe Adams, organizer
"Perhaps the best film yet about the roots of today’s economic conditions in the U.S., domination of public policy by corporate interests, and grassroots resistance that has emerged in the past few years." - TheWorkSite.org
" 'Heist' is well times as a one-stop summary of reasons for ordinary Americans to be furious at our financial systems" - Variety
“ ‘Heist’ traces the development of American corporatism to a 1971 secret memo by future Supreme Court Justice Lewis Powell at the behest of the US Chamber of Commerce. This free-market utopian treatise ultimately led to the birth of corporate think tanks, modern political lobbying, and the unprecedented system of influence peddling that has transformed U.S. society. No other film provides such a concise and fact-based history of the political transformation that has occurred since the 1970s, and what is needed to restore representative Democracy."
Narrated by acclaimed news commentator Thom Hartmann (http://www.thomhartmann.com).
trailer: http://www.heist-themovie.com/index.html
This showing will be followed by discussion (over food and drink) of ongoing activities at the state & local level to address the political problems raised in the film. Discussion will be led by founding members of Get Money Out - Maryland (www.GetMoneyOutMD.org (http://www.getmoneyoutmd.org/)).
The Charm City Film Series is always on the second Wednesday of each month at 6:30 pm, 306 W Franklin St #102, Baltimore, MD 21201.
Open to the Public; Free of Charge / donation suggested,
Complementary beverages, wine
Pizza/Food available for purchase at a reasonable price.
Hosted by the Baltimore Ethical Society.
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