New Michael Moore film breathes life into health care
Tuesday, May 22, 2007
Sicko, the upcoming film by award-winning documentary film maker
Michael Moore on the U.S. health-care system premiered at the Cannes
Film Festival in France this weekend.
The film, scheduled to be released in North America on June 29, includes a story of a man treated at St. Joseph's Health Care in London, Ontario.
Tim Blackmore, professor of Information and Media Studies at The University of Western Ontario, specializes in popular culture and new media and is available to comment on Michael Moore, his impact on international cinema and what the film potentially means to London and southwestern Ontario.
Blackmore can be reached today at 519-661-2111, ext. 88513 and tomorrow in Toronto at 416-597-1400 or via email at tblackmo@uwo.ca and comments:
"Michael Moore has breathed life back into citizen outrage, but with a sense of humour, wit, sharpness and charm that we haven't seen since Woody Guthrie and John Steinbeck spoke out for everyone who wasn't neck deep in power.
"In Moore, despite what his detractors may say, we find a sheer wonderful stubbornness, a belief in getting at the meat of things and at the wrong of things."
MEDIA CONTACT: Jeff Renaud, Communications & Public Affairs, 519-661-2111 ext. 85165 (office), 519-520-7281 (cell).
Commentary reflects the perspective and scholarly interest of Western faculty members and is not an articulation of official university policy on issues being addressed.
The film, scheduled to be released in North America on June 29, includes a story of a man treated at St. Joseph's Health Care in London, Ontario.
Tim Blackmore, professor of Information and Media Studies at The University of Western Ontario, specializes in popular culture and new media and is available to comment on Michael Moore, his impact on international cinema and what the film potentially means to London and southwestern Ontario.
Blackmore can be reached today at 519-661-2111, ext. 88513 and tomorrow in Toronto at 416-597-1400 or via email at tblackmo@uwo.ca and comments:
"Michael Moore has breathed life back into citizen outrage, but with a sense of humour, wit, sharpness and charm that we haven't seen since Woody Guthrie and John Steinbeck spoke out for everyone who wasn't neck deep in power.
"In Moore, despite what his detractors may say, we find a sheer wonderful stubbornness, a belief in getting at the meat of things and at the wrong of things."
MEDIA CONTACT: Jeff Renaud, Communications & Public Affairs, 519-661-2111 ext. 85165 (office), 519-520-7281 (cell).
Commentary reflects the perspective and scholarly interest of Western faculty members and is not an articulation of official university policy on issues being addressed.
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