MoveOn.org is organizing house parties on Monday night to mark the release of Michael Moore's Fahrenheit 9/11. It's similar to their house party screenings of Robert Greenwald's Uncovered, although Moore's film won't be screened at the party itself. I'll be attending one of the "house parties" (actually in a coffeehouse) here in Decatur.
The "Fahrenheit" house parties will feature an online, interactive chat with Michael Moore, and MoveOn is encoraging groups to discuss plans to defeat George Bush in the 2004 election. I'm still intrigued by the way in which these house parties can frame an interpretation of a film, in both cases by translating viewing and discussing the film into a certain type of action (voter registration drives, campaigning for Kerry, both things I like), but I'm a little suspicious about how these house parties might actually inhibit a critical engagement with Moore's film.
Wednesday, June 30, 2004
the chutry experiment: Fahrenheit 9/11 House Parties
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