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<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">Apologies for any cross postings
about this upcoming event.<b><i><br><br>
Sicko</i></b><br>
2007 (PG) 113 minutes<br>
<b> Friday, November 9 at 7:00 and **10:30** pm in 26-100</b><br>
Sunday, November 11 at 7:00 pm in 26-100<br><br>
The November 9 showings of this film are <b>FREE</b> to the MIT Community
- sponsored by the <b>Technology and Culture Forum</b>, the <b>Lecture
Steering Committee</b>, and the <b>Large Events Fund</b>.<br><br>
Join us after the 7pm show on November 9 for a special talk by STS
<b>Professor David Jones</b>, who will discuss the critical reception of
<i>Sicko</i>, situating the film in current and ongoing policy debates
about<br>
national healthcare. <br><br>
"America's most incendiary filmmaker, Michael Moore, returned in
2007 with this health-care-industry expose. SICKO tackles material as
controversial as the topics explored in Moore's other films, yet does so
in a way that <br>
places the focus on ordinary Americans affected by the nation's
health-care crisis. After providing some historical background on how our
nation's medical care system became so ravaged and unfair, Moore<br>
interviews a series of individuals and families who have had their lives
all but destroyed by the denial of care in the service of profit. While
there are two sides to the gun-control debate and even a legitimate<br>
discourse for how to best wage the war on terror, it's simply impossible
to justify how a baby girl can wind up dead because her mother's health
insurance wasn't accepted at a nearby hospital. Moore smartly allows
this and other stories to be told with little or no interference,
conjuring strong feelings of empathy, rage, and deep sadness."<br>
--
[<a href="http://www.rottentomatoes.com/">www.rottentomatoes.com</a>]<br>
<br>
"A persuasive piece of propaganda because it is as entertaining and
funny as it is heart-rending and
disturbing." -- Jeffrey
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