April Movie Looks at Donald Rumsfeld

On Tuesday, April 21 at 4:30 pm, Movies That Matter presents The Unknown Known. This film by Academy Award-winning director Errol Morris (The Fog of War) offers a mesmerizing portrait of Donald Rumsfeld, one of the key architects of the Iraq War, and a larger-than-life character who provoked equal levels...

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Movies That Matter Presents Citizen Koch

Citizen Koch is a 2013 documentary film directed by Tia Lessin and Carl Deal concerning the political influence of American plutocrats following the Citizens United ruling, and of the titular Koch brothers in particular. The film also focuses on the election of Wisconsin governor Scott Walker and his relationship with the Koch Brothers. Citizen Koch was completed using funds from a successful Kickstarter campaign after allegations...

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Movies That Matter Presents Bidder 70

In December 2008, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) auctioned off hundreds of thousands of pristine acres surrounding Utah’s treasured national parks for oil and gas exploitation. Environmental groups protested politely, but one University of Utah student stepped across that proverbial “line in the sand”. Tim DeChristopher entered the BLM...

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