Screening: Collapse

Event published by Miniciné At Armley Mills

Event date: November 18, 2010 19:00

Tagged as: arthouse cinema collapse culture documentary economic_crisis environmentalism film independent michael_rupport peak_oil

Places: armley bramley burley canal_road headingley hyde_park kirkstall leeds ls12 wortley

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Meet Michael Ruppert, a different kind of American. A former Los Angeles police officer turned independent reporter, he predicted the current financial crisis in his self-published newsletter, From the Wilderness, at a time when most Wall Street and Washington analysts were still in denial. Director Chris Smith has shown an affinity for outsiders in films like American Movie and The Yes Men. In Collapse, he departs stylistically from his past documentaries by interviewing Ruppert in a format that recalls the work of Errol Morris and Spalding Gray.

Dir Chris Smith / 82 mins / 2009

Preceded by...

Wee Wise Words : Environment // Dir Joel Simon / 5 mins /2010

Animation in which primary school children's thoughts and opinions are brought to life

 

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