Roger & Me (1989)

Directed by

Michael Moore

Genre

documentary film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 31m

Rated

R

Rating

7.1 of 10 from 322 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Michael Moore tries to confront General Motors CEO Roger Smith about the auto plant closures that devastated Flint, Michigan. The film shows the human cost of corporate decisions through interviews and footage of the town's decline.

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What happens

Roger & Me is a 1989 American documentary film written, produced, directed by, and starring Michael Moore, in his directorial debut. Moore portrays the regional economic impact of General Motors CEO Roger Smith's action of closing several auto plants in his hometown of Flint, Michigan, reducing GM's employees in that area from 80,000 in 1978 to about 50,000 in 1992. The film won the People's Choice Award at the 14th Toronto International Film Festival. In 2013, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically or aesthetically significant". (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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