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Citizens United, which specializes in making documentaries with strong right-wing messages, is currently in production for a film about the Occupy movement, a spokesman for the group confirms to Salon.
The landmark 2010 Supreme Court case that loosened campaign finance restrictions was brought by Citizens United and centered on an anti-Hillary Clinton movie made by the group. Opposition to that ruling has been a consistent message of participants in Occupy movement.
The new film is to be called Mic Check: The Untold Story of the Occupy Movement. A participant at Occupy Wall Street recently received an interview request from a Citizens United producer that included this description of the film:
http://politics.salon.com/2012/01/11/right_wing_lens_for_occupy_documentary/
yardwork
(61,420 posts)Bjorn Against
(12,041 posts)I would not worry too much about this one, Citizen's United documentaries do not generally make a big impact as only the die hards even see them. This is not the same as a Michael Moore film that gets seen by millions.
Fire Walk With Me
(38,893 posts)Opposition such as this proves #Occupy right.
Fear!
Uncertainty!
Doubt!
spanone
(135,637 posts)cyberpj
(10,794 posts)I saw a 1-hour show on Current TV called The 99 Percent that was pretty good:
http://current.com/19c62kc
but I havent heard of anything more like a film yet.
Perhaps because people familiar with the movement expect it to continue in fuller force come Spring.
Dawson Leery
(19,348 posts)Another money loser, just as the first one was.
butterfly77
(17,609 posts)alp227
(31,962 posts)EC
(12,287 posts)Nobody ever watches those except the chior.
hootinholler
(26,449 posts)This should be gold.
Erose999
(5,624 posts)teabaggers. The Palin movie has a 0 on the tomatometer on rotten tomatoes, and a 38% audience rating.
Bluenorthwest
(45,319 posts)They keep trying, year in and year out. This too will fail. They make the same mistakes each time. So worry not.