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Citizen Koch
''Citizen Koch'' is a 2013 film produced and directed by Tia Lessin and Carl Deal, concerning the political influence of American plutocrats on the political process following the US Supreme Court decision in ''Citizens United v. FEC'' which granted corporations the ability to anonymously spend unlimited money to influence public policy and elections. The film focuses on the eponymous Political activities of the Koch brothers, Koch brothers, in particular, and their political and financial support for Wisconsin governor Scott Walker (politician), Scott Walker, who represents the Citizen Koch in the title. The film chronicles the rise of the Tea Party movement in response to the election of the first African-American President in 2008, and the strategic attacks on organized labor by Gov. Walker and Koch political operatives in other states as a strategy to eliminate liberal opposition. ''Citizen Koch'' was completed using funds from a successful Kickstarter campaign, after public te ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tia Lessin
Tia Lessin is an American documentary filmmaker. Lessin has produced and directed documentaries and earned an Academy Award nomination for Best Documentary and the Sundance Grand Jury Prize for Documentary. She co-directed the film ''The Janes'' which had its premiere at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival and is the director (film), director and producer (film), producer, with Carl Deal, of ''Trouble the Water'' and ''Citizen Koch''. She directed ''Behind the Labels'' and produced several of Michael Moore's films including ''Fahrenheit 9/11'', ''Where to Invade Next'' and ''Fahrenheit 11/9''. Career Tia Lessin is producer and director, together with Carl Deal, of the Academy Award-nominated feature documentary ''Trouble the Water'', winner of the Gotham Independent Film Award and the Sundance Film Festival’s Grand Jury Prize for best documentary. Lessin was a co-producer of Michael Moore's ''Where to Invade Next'', ''Capitalism: A Love Story'', ''Fahrenheit 9/11'', winner of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dark Money (book)
''Dark Money: The Hidden History of the Billionaires Behind the Rise of the Radical Right'' is a 2016 non-fiction book written by American investigative journalist Jane Mayer. The book focuses on a network of extremely wealthy conservative Republicans, foremost among them Charles and David Koch, who have together funded an array of organizations that work in tandem to influence academic institutions, think tanks, the courts, statehouses, Congress, and the American presidency for their own benefit. Mayer particularly discusses the Koch family and their political activities, along with Richard Mellon Scaife, John M. Olin, the Bradley brothers, as well as the DeVos and Coors families and their related foundations. See also *'' Citizen Koch'' (2013) documentary film * ''Company Town'' *''Koch Brothers Exposed'' * '' Democracy in Chains'' (2017) * '' Kochland'' (2019) References Further reading * {{cite web, url=https://books.google.com/books?id=X5nrCgAAQBAJ , author=Mayer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Documentary Films
American(s) may refer to: * American, something of, from, or related to the United States of America, commonly known as the "United States" or "America" ** Americans, citizens and nationals of the United States of America ** American ancestry, people who self-identify their ancestry as "American" ** American English, the set of varieties of the English language native to the United States ** Native Americans in the United States, indigenous peoples of the United States * American, something of, from, or related to the Americas, also known as "America" ** Indigenous peoples of the Americas * American (word), for analysis and history of the meanings in various contexts Organizations * American Airlines, U.S.-based airline headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas * American Athletic Conference, an American college athletic conference * American Recordings (record label), a record label previously known as Def American * American University, in Washington, D.C. Sports teams Soccer * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Films About The Kochs
A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere through the use of moving images. These images are generally accompanied by sound and, more rarely, other sensory stimulations. The word "cinema", short for cinematography, is often used to refer to filmmaking and the film industry, and to the art form that is the result of it. Recording and transmission of film The moving images of a film are created by photographing actual scenes with a motion-picture camera, by photographing drawings or miniature models using traditional animation techniques, by means of CGI and computer animation, or by a combination of some or all of these techniques, and other visual effects. Before the introduction of digital production, series of still images were recorded on a strip of chemically sensitized ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
