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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 ...
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Dec 20, 1989 · 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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Ex-journalist Michael Moore demands answers when General Motors suddenly closes the doors of all its auto plants in the Flint, Michigan, the city where he grew up.
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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.
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A documentary about the closure of General Motors' plant at Flint, Michigan, which resulted in the loss of 30,000 jobs. Details the attempts of filmmaker Michael Moore to get an interview with GM CEO Roger Smith.
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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.
The son of an auto factory worker, Michael Moore decided to embark upon a filmic odyssey to meet General Motors Chairman Roger Smith and convince him to visit Flint for a first-hand look at how...
