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Roger & Me is a 1989 American documentary film written, produced, directed by, and starring Michael Moore, in his directorial debut.
Roger & Me. After General Motors closes its factory in Flint, Michigan, eliminating 35,000 jobs, filmmaker Michael Moore undertakes a quixotic quest to interview General Motors' chairman, Roger B. Smith.
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- Documentary
- Michael Moore
- 1989-12-20
Director Michael Moore is a treat as a deadpan modern-day Mark Twain, obsessed with interviewing General Motors chairman Roger Smith after auto-factory closings destroy the filmmaker's hometown of Flint, Michigan.
- 90 min
Armed with a razor-sharp wit, compassion and more than a little chutzpah, Moore offers his perceptions of what went wrong in Flint, and chronicles his much-thwarted efforts to meet face-to-face ...
In 1989, Michael Moore burst onto the American movie-making scene with Roger and Me. The groundbreaking documentary chronicled the efforts of the world's largest corporation, General Motors, as it turns its hometown of Flint, Michigan, into a ghost town.
Moore investigates the impact of General Motors' decision to shut down its plants in Flint, Michigan, in the late 1980s. He interviews former employees, CEO Roger Smith, and other figures involved in the crisis, exposing the corporate greed and social injustice behind it.
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